Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan.
A prevalence survey in Kabul City showed that 2.7% and 21.9% of persons have active leishmaniasis lesions or scars, respectively. Incidence of disease was estimated to be 2.9% (29 cases/1,000 persons per year; 95% confidence interval 0.018 to 0.031). Disease was associated with age and gender; logistic regression analyses showed significant clustering of cases.
Reithinger
Richard
R
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. rreithinger@yahoo.co.uk
Mohsen
Mohammad
M
Aadil
Khoksar
K
Sidiqi
Majeed
M
Erasmus
Panna
P
Coleman
Paul G
PG
D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology