Discovery and study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Karamay of Xinjiang, West China

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) was discovered in the farms of the Karamay suburb, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the 1990s. Between 1992 and 1994, a house-to-house survey revealed a prevalence of 1.0-1.6% in the residents. The clinical types of skin lesions included papule, plaque, ulcer and nodu...

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Autores principales: Guan, Li-Ren, Yang, Yuan-Qing, Qu, Jing-Qi, Ren, Hao-Yuan, Chai, Jun-Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Scoping Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3856449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24010525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-9957-2-20
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Sumario:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) was discovered in the farms of the Karamay suburb, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the 1990s. Between 1992 and 1994, a house-to-house survey revealed a prevalence of 1.0-1.6% in the residents. The clinical types of skin lesions included papule, plaque, ulcer and nodular prurigo. Observations verified that, in some cases, the skin lesions healed spontaneously in 10–14 months, whilst in other cases, they persisted for several years. Sporadic cases of CL have continued to appear at the dermatology clinic of the local hospital since 2000. Phlebotomus wui (Ph. wui), subgenus Larroussius was confirmed as the transmitting vector. The causative agent is Leishmania infantum sensu lato.

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