Efficacy of intra-lesional injections of meglumine antimoniate once a week vs. twice a week in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. tropica in Iran: A randomized controlled clinical trial

• Amir Javadi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Community Medicine Department, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7715-4583

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• Ali Khamesipour ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ali.khamesipour@gmail.com

  Current address: Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  Affiliation Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Ghoorchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mashhad Health Network, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

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• Mahdieh Bahrami ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bam Health Network, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Alireza Khatami ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Iraj Sharifi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Alireza Fekri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Alireza Firooz

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Javadi, Ali Khamesipour, Mohammad Ghoorchi, Mahdieh Bahrami, Alireza Khatami, Iraj Sharifi, Seyed Ebrahim Eskandari, Alireza Fekri, Mohamad Reza Aflatoonian, Alireza Firooz

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Clinical Trial Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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