Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Tigray, Ethiopia: Clinical patterns, environmental drivers and public health implications

• Shewaye Belay Tessema ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shewayebelay@yahoo.com, alulashewaye@gmail.com

  Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3253-0606

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• Belay Gebreyohannes Hailu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Tadyos Hagos Embaye,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Dermatology Department, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Berhane Fitsum Debes,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Dermatology Department, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Genet Kehasi Nigus,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Dignity Period Project, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Birhan Solomon Reda,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Dignity Period Project, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Helen P. Price,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

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• Afework Mulugeta Bezabih

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia

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