| [comparative study of the kabul strain of leishmania tropica and the causative agent of the iraqi and central asian forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis]. | | 1974 | 4282111 |
| efficacy of thermotherapy to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania tropica in kabul, afghanistan: a randomized, controlled trial. | pentavalent antimony is the agent recommended for treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl). its use is problematic, because it is expensive and because of the potential for drug-associated adverse effects during a lengthy and painful treatment course. | 2005 | 15791515 |
| an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an afghan refugee settlement in north-west pakistan. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) due to leishmania tropica appears to be an emerging disease in parts of north-east afghanistan and north-west pakistan. timargara, an afghan refugee camp of 17 years' standing, in the district of dir, north west frontier province of pakistan, experienced a major outbreak of cl in 1997 for the first time. as part of the investigation, each section of the camp was surveyed for cl. around 38% of the 9200 inhabitants bore active lesions and a further 13% had scars from e ... | 1999 | 10450434 |
| anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in kabul, afghanistan: vertical distribution of cases in apartment blocks. | owing to the civil war, the inhabitants of kabul in afghanistan are suffering a major epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) caused by leishmania tropica. surveys conducted among children in 2 high-rise apartment blocks in the city revealed that the prevalence of active lesions was much lower on upper stories: 84% lower in one block (chi 2 = 7.13, d.f. = 1, p = 0.008) and 54% lower in the other (chi 2 = 6.17, d.f. = 1, p = 0.01). similar trends were apparent with regard to scars ... | 1998 | 9861394 |
| anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in kabul, afghanistan: the high susceptibility of phlebotomus sergenti to leishmania tropica. | | 1995 | 8560513 |
| cutaneous leishmaniasis in kabul: observations on a 'prolonged epidemic'. | cutaneous leishmaniasis cases in kabul have increased steadily in number since the first report, in 1964. this increase is despite insecticide application in houses and intensive detection and treatment of cases. the age distribution of infection remains as it was in 1972, and approximates that of the afghan population. there is no evidence of accumulating immunity in the population. multiple lesions are infrequent, but commoner on older people, and tend to be located on the arms and legs rather ... | 1992 | 1463356 |
| anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, kabul, afghanistan. | a prevalence survey in kabul city showed that 2.7% and 21.9% of persons have active leishmaniasis lesions or scars, respectively. incidence of disease was estimated to be 2.9% (29 cases/1,000 persons per year; 95% confidence interval 0.018 to 0.031). disease was associated with age and gender; logistic regression analyses showed significant clustering of cases. | 2003 | 12781016 |