Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nigeria.
Twenty-one of 18,000 (0.1%) dermatology patients seen at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria, during the 9-year period October, 1979-August, 1988, had cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Their age range was 14 to 50 years (mean 28.7 years), with a peak at the 14- to 25-year age group. Eleven of the 21 patients (52%) were students in Government Colleges located within the leishmaniasis belt of Nigeria.
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Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology