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The aim of this article was to describe the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CL<\/jats:styled-content>outbreak response measures taken in the province of Errachidia, where the reservoir of<jats:italic>L.\u00a0major<\/jats:italic>, a sand rat (<jats:italic>Meriones shawi),<\/jats:italic>was targeted using strychnine\u2010poisoned wheat baits from 2010 to 2012.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>We analysed routine surveillance data and other information using the data of the CL control programme.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We present data on the evolution and the extension of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CL<\/jats:styled-content>in this province as well as the epidemiological profile of the disease. Between 2004 and 2013, 7099 cases of<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CL<\/jats:styled-content>were recorded in Errachidia Province, gradually affecting all districts. Our results demonstrate that more women were affected than men and that all age groups were represented.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Errachidia Province was the epicentre of the recent<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CL<\/jats:styled-content>outbreak in Morocco. A notable decline in incidence rates was observed after 2011. 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