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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
Synopsis

Leishmaniasis in Northern Syria during Civil War

Khalid Rehman, Julia Walochnik, Johannes Mischlinger, Bodour Alassil, Richard Allan, and Michael RamharterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (K. Rehman, J. Walochnik, J. Mischlinger, M. Ramharter); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (J. Mischlinger, M. Ramharter); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (J. Mischlinger, M. Ramharter); The MENTOR Initiative, West Sussex, UK (B. Alassil, R. Allan)

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Table 1

New cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosed at collaborating health centers, northern Syria

Province New cases observed during study period Health centers Mobile clinics % Program coverage of area New cases estimated* New cases reported in 2008 (1,17) Incidence ratio
Aleppo† 12,296 43 21 70 13,174 18,603 0.7
Idlib† 21,451 40 18 80 20,110 3,883 5.2
Hama† 10,103 7 12 50 15,155 2,219 6.8
Al-Raqqa‡ 5,546 7 5 65 11,376 290 39.2
Al-Hasakah§
 439
 8
 0
 45
 4,683
 290
 16.1
Total
 49,835
 105
 56
64,498
 25,285
 2.6
*Standardized cases for 1 year per province.
†16-month observation period.
‡9-month observation period.
§2.5-month observation period.

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