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cluster of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (leishmania major) in european travelers returning from turkmenistan.

we report a cluster of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania major in four immunocompetent travelers returning from western turkmenistan and having atypical and/or multiple lesions. treatments with pentamidine or fluconazole were effective. physicians should be aware that some virulent strains of l major currently circulate in central asia.