anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

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an·thro·po·not·ic cu·ta·ne·ous leish·man·i·a·sis

a form of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis, usually with a prolonged incubation period and confined to urban areas.

Synonym(s): chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis, dry cutaneous leishmaniasis, urban cutaneous leishmaniasis

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Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: the low susceptibility of Phlebotomus papatasi to Leishmania tropica.

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: the high susceptibility of Phlebotomus sergenti to Leishmania tropica.

Leishmaniasis in Pak-Afghan Region

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Emergence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a border area at south-east of Iran: an epidemiological survey

(4.) Reithinger R, Mohsen M, Aadil K, Sidiqi M, Erasmus P, Coleman PG Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Zoonotic cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Afghanistan

Insecticide treated bednets to prevent anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Aleppo Governorate, Syria: results from two trials.

Insect vectors of Leishmania: distribution, physiology and their control

The prolonged epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: "bringing down the neighbourhood." Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg.

Social impact of leishmaniasis, Afghanistan

Impact of Olyset long lasting nets on anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Islamic Republic of Iran.

Entomological survey of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in central Iran

The epidemiology of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis was investigated in northwest Pakistan.

In Central Asia, anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is commonly caused by Leishmania tropica and characterized by large, chronic, and disfiguring skin ulcers, which often cause severe social stigma.

Leishmaniasis in refugee and local Pakistani populations

Mohsen M, Aadil K, Sidiqi M, Erasmus P, Coleman PG: The burden of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Northern Afghanistan

Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is generally characterized by large and/or multiple cutaneous lesions with a variable tendency to self-cure (3).