Modeling of Environmental Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Zoonotic and Anthroponotic Cutaneous, and Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foci of Iran: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Study

• Main Authors: Abdolali Golpayegani (Author), Ali Reza Moslem (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author), Azam Zeydabadi (Author), Amir Hossein Mahvi (Author), Ahmad Allah-Abadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Leishmaniasis is a re-emerging serious international public health problem, and both visceral and cu­taneous types of leishmaniasis became important endemic diseases in Iran. In this study, the relationships between environmental factors (vegetation and elevation) and the prevalence of d...