Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan

Autor:	Mubashir Hussain, Shahzad Munir, Taj Ali Khan, Abdullah Khan, Sultan Ayaz, Muhammad Ameen Jamal, Irfan Ahmed, Sohail Aziz, Noha Watany, Mohamed Kasbari
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Epidemiology cutaneous leishmaniasis leishmaniasis Leishmania tropica outbreak Waziristan Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 159-161 (2018)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2401.170358
Popis:	During 2013–2015, prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in war-affected Waziristan areas was 3.61% by PCR. Youths (1–15 years of age) were more susceptible. Internal transcribed spacer 1 PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis identified Leishmania tropica in 215 samples and Leishmania major in 6 samples.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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