Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak Investigation in Hajjah Governorate, Yemen, in 2018: Case-Control Study.
Abdulkareem Ali Hussein NassarMahmoud Hassan AbdulrazzakAli Hamoud AlmahaqriMohammad Abdullah Al AmadAbdulwahed Abduljabbar Al SerouriYousef Saleh KhaderPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
CL was endemic in Hajjah governorate, and an increase in cases was confirmed. Many individual, housing, and animal related factors were shown to contribute to CL endemicity. Implementation of control measures directed toward altering the factors favoring contact among vectors, reservoirs, and susceptible humans is strongly recommended to control future outbreaks.