The leishmaniases in Kenya: A scoping review.

• Main Authors: Grace Grifferty (Author), Hugh Shirley (Author), Katherine O'Brien (Author), Jason L Hirsch (Author), Adrienne M Orriols (Author), Kiira Lani Amechi (Author), Joshua Lo (Author), Neeharika Chanda (Author), Sarra El Hamzaoui (Author), Jorja Kahn (Author), Samantha V Yap (Author), Kyleigh E Watson (Author), Christina Curran (Author), Amina Atef AbdelAlim (Author), Neeloy Bose (Author), Alissa Link Cilfone (Author), Richard Wamai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The leishmaniases are a group of four vector-borne neglected tropical diseases caused by 20 species of protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and transmitted through a bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies. Endemic in over 100 countries, the four types of...