| update: cutaneous leishmaniasis in u.s. military personnel--southwest/central asia, 2002-2004. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a sand fly-borne parasitic infection. preliminary data about cases of cl in military personnel deployed to three countries (afghanistan, iraq, and kuwait) in southwest/central asia have been published previously. during august 2002-february 2004, department of defense (dod) staff identified 522 parasitologically confirmed cases of cl in military personnel. leishmania major was the etiologic agent for all 176 cases for which species data, obtained by isoenzyme elec ... | 2004 | 15057192 |