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Volume 20, Number 10—October 2014
Synopsis

Resurgence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Israel, 2001–2012

Dan Gandacu1, Yael Glazer1Comments to Author , Emilia Anis, Isabella Karakis, Bruce Warshavsky, Paul Slater, and Itamar Grotto
Author affiliations: Israel Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel (Y. Glazer, D. Gandacu, E. Anis, I. Karakis, B. Warshavsky, P. Slater, I. Grotto); Hebrew University and Hadassah–Braun School of Public Health, Jerusalem (E. Anis); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Public Health, Be’er Sheva, Israel (Y. Glazer, I. Karakis, I. Grotto)

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Table

Annual cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence and proportion of total cases, by age group, Israel, 2001–2012

Year Incidence/100,000 population, by age group, y
 Proportion of total cases, by age group, y
<1 1–14 15–44 45–64 ≥65 <1 1–14 15–44 45–64 ≥65
2001 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.00 0.37 0.41 0.15 0.07
2002 2.2 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.04 0.30 0.34 0.23 0.09
2003 2.1 1.4 1.3 1.6 0.6 0.03 0.28 0.42 0.22 0.04
2004 4.9 2.0 2.6 1.9 1.0 0.05 0.24 0.51 0.16 0.05
2005 2.1 3.5 2.3 3.2 3.9 0.01 0.31 0.34 0.20 0.13
2006 4.1 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.06 0.35 0.36 0.17 0.07
2007 5.4 2.7 2.4 3.0 0.3 0.05 0.29 0.42 0.23 0.01
2008 3.9 3.7 2.8 3.6 1.5 0.03 0.32 0.39 0.22 0.05
2009 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.6 1.1 0.03 0.37 0.37 0.17 0.06
2010 4.9 3.1 2.3 4.5 2.5 0.03 0.27 0.32 0.29 0.08
2011 6.7 3.5 3.7 5.0 3.4 0.04 0.23 0.39 0.24 0.09
2012 1.8 4.0 3.8 5.8 4.7 0.01 0.24 0.37 0.26 0.11

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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