| studies on the leishmaniases in the sudan. 2. clinical and parasitological studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis. | in the omdurman hospital for tropical diseases, sudan, from 6 october to 1 december 1986, 736 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) were studied. the duration of the lesions varied from a few days to 4 months, usually (56%) 1-3 months. multiple lesions ranging from one to 50 (mean = 4) were present in 80% of cases. ulcerative lesions were found in 44%, nodulo-ulcerative in 31%, nodular in 31% and others, including infiltrated, fungating and warty lesions, in 5% of patients. the lower limbs ... | 1991 | 1661450 |
| evidence for genetic differentiation at the microgeographic scale in phlebotomus papatasi populations from sudan. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is endemic in sudan. it is caused by leishmania major parasites and transmitted by phlebotomus papatasi sandflies. recently, uncommon clinical manifestations of cl have been reported. moreover, l. donovani parasites that cause visceral leishmaniasis (vl) have been isolated from cl lesions of some patients who contracted the disease in khartoum state, central sudan with no history of travelling to vl endemic sites on south-eastern sudan. because different clinical man ... | 2012 | 23146340 |