Emergence of a new focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica in rural communities of Bam district after the earthquake, Iran;Emergence d'un nouveau foyer de leishmaniose cutanée anthroponotique à Leishmania tropica dans des communautés rurales du district de Bam après le séisme en Iran

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-513

  Sharifi, Iraj ^a   Poursmaelian, Somayeh ^a   Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ardakani, Reza Fotouhi ^a   Mirzaei, Mohammad ^b   Fekri, Ali Reza ^a   Khamesipour, Ali ^c   Parizi, Maryam Hakimi ^a   Harandi, Majid Fasihi ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; Iran; Leishmania tropica

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ELECTROKINESIS; EMERGENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; RURAL AREA; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPONOTIC CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

BAM; IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN];

LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 79952772807     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02729.x     Document Type: Article

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