title: [The activization of an Ashkhabad focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis].
abstract: 6 patients with characteristic clinical symptoms of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) have been revealed in 1987-1988 in the city of Ashkhabad (the Turkmen SSR). 3 Leishmania strains isolated from these patients (MHOM/SU/87/392, MHOM/SU/87/393, MHOM/SU/87/410) were identified as ACL causative agents--Leishmania tropica--by means of isoenzymatic analysis. The analysis for 12 enzymes (G-6-PDH, PGM, 6-PGDH, ACP, ALP, PGI, GOT, ME, LDH, ALD, HK, FK) was performed by electrophoresis on acetate-cellulose plates. The entomological studies carried out in Ashkhabad in September 1987 and May 1988 demonstrated the presence of a specific ACL vector--Phlebotomus sergenti. The abundance index of this species was 0.64-0.70. The above-mentioned data indicate reactivization of previously sanitized ACL focus in Ashkhabad (Turkmen SSR).
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dobrzhanskaia
authors.forename: Kh Kh
authors.initials: KhKh
authors.lastname: Khuseĭinova
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Saf'ianova
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Emel'ianova
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sukhanova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D008875:Middle Aged; D010691:Phlebotomus; D014423:Turkmenistan; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Aktivizatsiia ashkhabadskogo ochaga antroponoznogo kozhnogo leĭshmanioza.