Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Afghanistan
• anthroponotic
• control
• dispatch
• humanitarian aid
• Leishmania tropica