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; logis...

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Autores principales: Reithinger, Richard, Mohsen, Mohammad, Aadil, Khoksar, Sidiqi, Majeed, Erasmus, Panna, Coleman, Paul G.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12781016
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030026
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author Reithinger, Richard
Mohsen, Mohammad
Aadil, Khoksar
Sidiqi, Majeed
Erasmus, Panna
Coleman, Paul G.
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Mohsen, Mohammad
Aadil, Khoksar
Sidiqi, Majeed
Erasmus, Panna
Coleman, Paul G.
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-30001582010-12-16 Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan Reithinger, Richard Mohsen, Mohammad Aadil, Khoksar Sidiqi, Majeed Erasmus, Panna Coleman, Paul G. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3000158/ /pubmed/12781016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030026 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Reithinger, Richard
Mohsen, Mohammad
Aadil, Khoksar
Sidiqi, Majeed
Erasmus, Panna
Coleman, Paul G.
Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan
title Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan
title_full Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan
title_fullStr Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan
title_short Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan
title_sort anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, kabul, afghanistan
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12781016
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030026
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