Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan

During 2013–2015, prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in war-affected Waziristan areas was 3.61% by PCR. Youths (1–15 years of age) were more susceptible. Internal transcribed spacer 1 PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis identified Leishmania tropica in 215 samples an...

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Autores principales: Hussain, Mubashir, Munir, Shahzad, Khan, Taj Ali, Khan, Abdullah, Ayaz, Sultan, Jamal, Muhammad Ameen, Ahmed, Irfan, Aziz, Sohail, Watany, Noha, Kasbari, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260674
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170358
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author Hussain, Mubashir
Munir, Shahzad
Khan, Taj Ali
Khan, Abdullah
Ayaz, Sultan
Jamal, Muhammad Ameen
Ahmed, Irfan
Aziz, Sohail
Watany, Noha
Kasbari, Mohamed
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Munir, Shahzad
Khan, Taj Ali
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description During 2013–2015, prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in war-affected Waziristan areas was 3.61% by PCR. Youths (1–15 years of age) were more susceptible. Internal transcribed spacer 1 PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis identified Leishmania tropica in 215 samples and Leishmania major in 6 samples.
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spelling pubmed-57494582018-01-17 Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan Hussain, Mubashir Munir, Shahzad Khan, Taj Ali Khan, Abdullah Ayaz, Sultan Jamal, Muhammad Ameen Ahmed, Irfan Aziz, Sohail Watany, Noha Kasbari, Mohamed Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter During 2013–2015, prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in war-affected Waziristan areas was 3.61% by PCR. Youths (1–15 years of age) were more susceptible. Internal transcribed spacer 1 PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis identified Leishmania tropica in 215 samples and Leishmania major in 6 samples. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5749458/ /pubmed/29260674 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170358 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.
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Hussain, Mubashir
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Watany, Noha
Kasbari, Mohamed
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title_full Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan
title_fullStr Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan
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title_sort epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, waziristan, pakistan
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