Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Waziristan, Pakistan.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(1): 159-161, 2018 01.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29260674
ABSTRACT
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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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Leishmaniose Cutânea
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Infect Dis
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article