Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan

Reithinger, Richard; Mohsen, Mohammad; Aadil, Khoksar; Sidiqi, Majeed; Erasmus, Panna; Coleman, Paul G.

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Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan

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Jun 2003

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Emerg Infect Dis. 9(6):727-729.

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Reithinger, Richard ; Mohsen, Mohammad ; Aadil, Khoksar ; Sidiqi, Majeed ; Erasmus, Panna ; ... More ▼

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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.

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