Prone Regions of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southwest of Iran: Combination of Hierarchical Decision Model (AHP) and GIS

• Main Authors: Elham Jahanifard (Author), Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd (Author), Hossein Nasiri (Author), Hamid Reza Matinfar (Author), Zabihollah Charrahy (Author), Mohammad Reza Abai (Author), Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major is an important public health problem in the world. Khuzestan Province is one of the main foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) in the southwest of Iran. We aimed to predict the spatial distribution of the vector and reservoir(s) o...