title: [Cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis infection resulting from the importation of sandflies via transportation means].
abstract: 78 cases of a rural skin leishmaniasis type registered in the Tadjik SSR over a 10-year period have been divided into 3 groups according to the nature of epidemiological chain: 1) imported infection, when the inhabitants of Tadjikistan were infected in the southern parts of the Uzbek and Turkmen SSR; 2) infection of patients in borderline regions caused by sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] carried from Afghanistan by dust storms and strong winds; 3) local infection as a result of exploration of new lands in deserted areas of southern Tadjikistan previously known for endemic foci. 6 other cases are described: one case (1983), when a woman, citizen of Dushanbe, was infected by sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] brought in a helicopter from Afghanistan and the other familial case, when 5 persons were infected by sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] brought in a car from a borderland to an Afghanistan area.
authors: F A
authors: FA
authors: Kiiamov
authors: L S
authors: LS
authors: Orlova
authors: Iu A
authors: IuA
authors: Topchin
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Shalabaev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan; D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae; D013620:Tajikistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014186:Transportation; D014423:Turkmenistan; D014610:Uzbekistan
vernacular_title: Sluchai zarazheniia kozhnym leĭshmaniozom v rezul'tate zavoza moskitov transportnymi sredstvami.