Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by protozoan Leishmania, including two agents, Leishmania major (zoonosis) and Leishmania tropica (anteropontic) which there is extensively in the world also in the most cities of Iran. 
Objective: This study aimed to investigate on epidemiological characteristics of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Shushtar Health Center, during the past fifteen years.
Methods: This retrospective and cross-sectional study is based on the recorded data of suspected to CL that referred to Health center which were collected and analyzed. In this center the smears were examined by Giemsa staining and under microscope with 100X magnification.
Results: Out of 1163 cases of total samples, 490 cases (43.24%) of which 286 cases (58.36%) were male and 204 cases (41.63%) female have been diagnosed positive. Frequency was 43.24% that the most positive cases of CL were observed in 2011 (75%) and 2012 (65.96%), and the least positive cases were confirmed in 2024 (0%). The total number of Lesions was 1243 that 470 (31.90%) cases foot-localized, 494 (4.47%) situated on the hand, 127 (10.92%) on the face and 151 (12.98%) found on the multiple point of the body.
Conclusion: The relatively high prevalence of pollution and the endemic nature of the area, coupled with the presence of two important conditions – rodent reservoirs and sand flies, necessitates the design and implementation of control programs.

Keywords: Epidemiology, Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Shushtar, Khuzestan

     

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