Short report: outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a nonimmune population of soldiers in Wadi Araba, Jordan
| Autor: | S A Kamhawi, M Halalsheh, S K Abdel-Hafez, N Jumaian |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Population Leishmaniasis Cutaneous Antigens Protozoan Disease Outbreaks Cutaneous leishmaniasis Virology parasitic diseases Epidemiology medicine Animals Humans education Wadi Disease Reservoirs geography education.field_of_study Jordan geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Outbreak Leishmaniasis medicine.disease Clinical disease humanities Surgery Military Personnel Infectious Diseases Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis Parasitology business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 58:160-162 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | An outbreak of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) occurred in a battalion of 80 soldiers posted at Qurayqira camp in Wadi Araba in southern Jordan. The battalion spent an intermittent period of five and a half months in the area, during which 45.0% (36 of 80) of the soldiers showed clinical disease. Of the 44 clinically negative soldiers, 31 were tested with leishmanin and 11 (35.5%) were leishmanin positive. The number of lesions in infected soldiers ranged from one to 15 and were mostly on the face and extremities. This report shows the level of transmission of ZCL in Wadi Araba, which is presently undergoing economic expansion and development following the peace process of the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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