JMIRxMed JMIRx Med JMIRx Med 2563-6316 JMIR Publications Toronto, Canada v2i3e31514 10.2196/31514 Peer-Review Report Peer-Review Report Peer Review of “Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on the Occurrence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Diyala, Iraq: Case-Control Study” Meinert Edward Taher Rihana MSc 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8130-8685 Yemen Field Epidemiology Training Program Ministry of Public Health and Population Sana'a Yemen Jul-Sep 2021 30 7 2021 2 3 e31514 23 6 2021 23 6 2021 ©Rihana Taher. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 30.07.2021. 2021

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 https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28255 https://med.jmirx.org/2021/3/e31512/ https://med.jmirx.org/2021/3/e28255/ cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak Iraq risk factors risk disease infectious disease disease prevention prevention

This is a peer-review report submitted for the paper “Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on the Occurrence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Diyala, Iraq: Case-Control Study.”

Round 1 Review General Comments

This paper [1] is about a leishmania outbreak, which is a very important public health problem in developing countries.

 Specific Comments Major Comments

1. References need to be rewritten as per the IJMR guide.

2. There are grammar issues.

 Minor Comments

3. In the Abstract and the Discussion section, I suggest you merge the recommendations with the conclusion, and the same in the Discussion…try to make the recommendations bullets in the Discussion.

4. Please don’t use “we” in the beginning of the Methodology section.

 Round 2 Review General Comments

This paper about a leishmania outbreak in Iraq [1] is talking about a very important health problem in this region and other developing countries.

 Specific Comments Minor Comments

1. Please change the title of the Background section to “Introduction.”

2. All tables are not organized, so please delete empty rows and use bold style for table titles.

3. I suggest that you group the references instead of writing each reference separately, eg, (1-4), not (1) then (2) then....

4. Proofreading is highly recommended.

None declared.

 Lehlewa AM Khaleel HA Lami F Hasan SAF Malick HA Mohammed RH Abdulmottaleb QA Impact of modifiable risk factors on the occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Diyala, Iraq: case-control study JMIRx Med 2021 7 2 3 e28255 10.2196/28255