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isoenzyme characterization of leishmania isolates from lebanon and syria.	leishmania parasites were isolated from 22 lebanese and 5 syrian patients with active skin lesions for whom the diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological examination. the isolates were characterized by starch gel electrophoresis and analysis of 13 enzyme systems. eight old-world reference strains were used for comparison. one syrian isolate belonged to leishmania major, and four syrian and two lebanese to leishmania tropica. contrary to expectations, the majority of lebanese isolates were rel ...	2000	11357993
ongoing epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis among syrian refugees, lebanon.	in september 2012, a cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak began among syrian refugees in lebanon. for 948 patients in whom leishmaniasis was not confirmed, we obtained samples for microscopic confirmation and molecular speciation. we identified leishmania tropica in 85% and l. major in 15% of patients. after 3 months of megulamine antimonite therapy, patients initial cure rate was 82%.	2014	25279543