Leishmaniasis in refugee and local Pakistani populations.
The epidemiology of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis was investigated in northwest Pakistan. Results suggested similar patterns of endemicity in both Afghan refugee and Pakistani populations and highlighted risk factors and household clustering of disease.
Brooker
Simon
S
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Mohammed
Nasir
N
Adil
Khaksar
K
Agha
Said
S
Reithinger
Richard
R
Rowland
Mark
M
Ali
Iftikhar
I
Kolaczinski
Jan
J
D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012036:Refugees; D012307:Risk Factors