Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: Vertical distribution of cases in apartment blocks

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-274

  Hewitt, Sean ^a   Reyburn, Hugh ^a   Ashford, Richard ^b   Rowland, Mark ^a  

^a University Town   (Pakistan)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Epidemiology; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus sergenti; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCAR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; WAR;

LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031861903     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91007-0     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Ashford, R. W., Kohestany, K. A. & Karimzad, M. A. (1992). Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul: observations on a 'prolonged epidemic'. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 86, 361-371.
2. Killick-Kendrick, R., Killick-Kendrick, M. & Tang, Y. (1995). Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: the high susceptibility of Phlebotomus sergenti to Leishmania tropica. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 89, 477.