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anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

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an·thro·po·not·ic cutaneous leishmaniasis (nthr-p-ntk)
n.
A form of cutaneous leishmaniasis occurring in urban areas in western and central Asia and characterized by a painless, chronic, dry ulceration that develops from two to eight months after the bite from the transmitting sandfly bite and heals in about a year, often leaving a scar.


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To the Editor: Recent reports from Afghanistan have focused on the current status of war- and refugee-related anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), caused by Leishmania tropica, in Kabul City, refugee camps, and Fayzabad City (Badakhshan Province) (1-4).
Zoonotic cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Afghanistan by Amirih, Mohammed L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The prolonged epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: "bringing down the neighbourhood.
Social impact of leishmaniasis, Afghanistan by Hami, Samad / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The epidemiology of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis was investigated in northwest Pakistan.
Leishmaniasis in refugee and local Pakistani populations by Kolaczinski, Jan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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