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 Ramharter
Table 3
Molecular epidemiology of Leishmania spp. in samples collected at sentinel sites, Northern Syria*
| Category |
L. tropica |
L. major |
L. infantum |
L. donovani |
| Province | ||||
| Idlib | 50 (83, 71–92) | 3 (5, 1–14) | 6 (10, 4–21) | 1 (2, 0–9) |
| Aleppo |
23 (70, 51–84) |
9 (27, 13–46) |
1 (3, 0–16) |
0 (0, 0–11) |
| Sex | ||||
| M | 43 (80, 66–89) | 5 (9, 3–20) | 5 (9, 3–20) | 1 (2, 0–10) |
| F |
30 (77, 61–89) |
7 (18, 8–34) |
2 (5, 1–17) |
0 (0, 0–9) |
| Age, median (IQR) | 13 (7–24) | 7.5 (4.5–19) | 10 (6–25) | 7 (7–7) |
*Values are no. (%, 95% CI) except as indicated. IQR, interquartile range.
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