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      The increase in risk factors for leishmaniasis worldwide.

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      Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
      Elsevier BV

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          Abstract

          Economic development leads to changing interactions between humans and their physical and biological environment. Worldwide patterns of human settlement in urban areas have led in developing countries to a rapid growth of mega-cities where facilities for housing, drinking-water and sanitation are inadequate, thus creating opportunities for the transmission of communicable diseases such as leishmaniasis. Increasing risk factors are making leishmaniasis a growing public health concern for many countries around the world. Certain risk factors are new, while others previously known are becoming more significant. While some risk factors are related to a specific eco-epidemiological entity, others affect all forms of leishmaniasis. Risk factors are reviewed here entity by entity.

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          Journal
          Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
          Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
          Elsevier BV
          0035-9203
          0035-9203
          August 9 2001
          : 95
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response, Epidemic Disease Control, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
          Article
          10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90223-8
          11490989
          3bcb0c8b-c8be-4248-8359-cffa80533533
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