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<p class="MsoNormal">It is my pleasure to announce that the paper
"Leishmaniasis worldwide and estimates of its incidence" is now
published in in PLoS-One:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0035671</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">98 countries and 3 territories have been found
endemic, the information country by country can be found at the end of
the cover paper. We consider that this attempt to give better
epidemiological information has many limitations but if
the countries empower the challenge, it will be an excellent platform
to improve the data.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, please note that the paper has been also published in WHO web page</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/resources/leishmaniasis_epidemiology_access_to_medicine/en/index.html</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please, consider if this information is relevant to the network. Thanks in advance,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p>
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Jorge Alvar, MD, PhD, DTM&P</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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