| epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in afghanistan. part i: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. | from june to september 1977, a preliminary epidemiological investigation was carried out in some parts of northern afghanistan (aqcha, mazar-e-sharif and paul-e-khombri). the disease in these areas is of zoonotic type having rhombomys opimus as reservoir and p. caucasicus and p. papatasi as vectors. | 1979 | 498385 |
| zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in mazar-e sharif, northern afghanistan: an epidemiological evaluation. | in 2005, 200 cases of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) were recorded among international security assistance force (isaf) troops stationed in the mazar-e sharif airport area. within the local population, investigations revealed 3782 cases of zcl, 174 cases of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl), and 2 cases of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in the period from march 21, 2004 to march 20, 2005, and 4045 cases of zcl, 198 cases of acl, and no cases of vl from march 21, 2005 to march 20, ... | 2008 | 17888728 |
| high efficacy of integrated preventive measures against zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern afghanistan, as revealed by quantified infection rates. | following an outbreak of more than 200 cases of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) during 2004 and 2005 among international security assistance force (isaf) troops stationed in the mazar-e sharif (mes) airport area, epidemiological investigations indicated the presence of a local high-density zcl focus. based on zcl's specific transmission modes, density and seasonality, integrated preventive measures were continuously implemented from february 2006 at a german military camp constructed at m ... | 2009 | 19161965 |