Surveillance of leishmaniasis cases from 15 European centres, 2014 to 2019: a retrospective analysis

• Authors: Gert Van der Auwera, Leigh Davidsson, Pierre Buffet, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Marina Gramiccia, Stefania Varani, Carmen Chicharro, Aldert Bart, Gundel Harms, Peter L. Chiodini, Hanne Brekke, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Sofia Cortes, Jaco J Verweij, Alessandra Scarabello, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Romain Guéry, Saskia van Henten, Trentina Di Muccio, Elena Carra, Pieter van Thiel, Martin Vandeputte, Valeria Gaspari, Johannes Blum, LeishMan Surveillance network
• Publication Year: 2022
• Journal: Eurosurveillance, 27(4)
• Link: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.4.2002028

Surveillance of human leishmaniasis in Europe is mostly limited to country-specific information from autochthonous infections in the southern part. As at the end of 2021, no integrated analysis has been performed for cases seen across centres in different European countries. This paper fills this gap providing a broad perspective on autochthonous and imported leishmaniasis cases in endemic and non-endemic countries in Europe.
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