Emerging and Re-Emerging Leishmaniases in the Mediterranean Area: What Can Be Learned from a Retrospective Review Analysis of the Situation in Morocco during 1990 to 2010?

• Published in: Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 10; p. 1511
• Main Authors: Kholoud, Kahime, Bounoua, Lahouari, Serano, Denis, Hidan, Moulay Abdelomain El, Messouli, Mohamed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Goddard Space Flight Center MDPI 30.09.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Climate change; Coasts; cutaneous leishmaniases; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Dispersion; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Highways; Humidity; Infections; Infrastructure; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; leishmaniases; Life Sciences (General); Meteorology And Climatology; Opinion; Parasites; Parasitic diseases; Public health; Roads & highways; Tourism; Tropical diseases; Vector-borne diseases; visceral leishmaniases; Visceral leishmaniasis; Zoonoses; Morocco; Atlas Mountains; Leishmania Major; Visceral Leishmaniases; Morocco; Sandfly; Leishmania Infantum; Cutaneous Leishmaniases; Leishmania Tropica; Epidemiology; Leishmaniases

In Morocco, cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases represent a public health concern. In this opinion paper, we propose to highlight chosen elements that have governed the drastic increase in the incidence of leishmaniases recorded in Morocco during the period between 1990 to 2010 in order to guide th...