[leish-l] Baghdad Boil --

[K.P. Chang]

Fuad Sukkar mentioned in his chapter for "Leishmaniasis" [Chang/Bray eds, 1985] that CL is prevalent in Iraq as evidenced by its universal name as
"Baghdad boil" and its local name "sister". During the 1st World War it was common in troops stationed in the southern parts of the country, mostly in
Basra and Amara cities (Pringle 1957). Adler and Theodor (1929) noted that an infection rate approaching 100% was common in some sectors of Baghdad
city.

KP

Clarisa wrote:

> Hi,
> I agree with Dr Chris and Dr Chang. This is not a new term. Also, when I first learned about tegumentar leishmaniasis, caused by "L tropica minor"
> and "L tropica major", in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1977), the disease was also called "Bouton de Bagdad".
> Bets wishes
> Clarisa
>
> On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 14:11:54 -0800, K.P. Chang wrote
> > Baghdad Boil was previously used by the British for cutaneous leishmaniasis
> > seen in Iraq during the colonial time, I beleive. So, it's not new.
> > There is a symposium for this topic in the Ann Meet Am Soc Trop Med
> > Hyg last week
> > (12/4-7). Those mentioned in the news article were the speakers who described
> > the key points in greater details.
> >
> > KP
> >
> > Peter Singfield wrote:
> >
> > > New name for cutaneous Leishmaniasis??
> > >
> > > Baghdad Boil' disease afflicts 148 GIs in Iraq
> > >
> > > 05.12.2003 [17:15]
> > >
> > >
> > > Nearly 150 U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been diagnosed with a parasitic skin
> > > disease and hundreds more could unknowingly be infected, doctors reported
> > > Thursday.
> > >
> > > Doctors fear that soldiers returning from the front may consult doctors in
> > > the United States who have never seen the disease. Complicating matters:
> > > The best drug used to treat it is not licensed in the United States.
> > >
> > > Leishmaniasis, which soldiers have coined the "Baghdad Boil," is carried by
> > > biting sand flies and doesn't spread from person to person. It causes skin
> > > lesions that if untreated may take months, even years, to heal. The lesions
> > > can be disfiguring, doctors say.
> > >
> > > So far, 148 soldiers have confirmed cases, but hundreds more are expected,
> > > says Army Lt. Col. Russell Coleman, an entomologist who spent 10 months in
> > > Iraq with the 520th Theater Army Medical Laboratory. He reported the
> > > outbreak Thursday to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
> > > meeting in Philadelphia.
> > >
> > > Sand flies are active during warm weather, and soon after U.S. troops
> > > arrived in Iraq in late March, "we started seeing soldiers basically eaten
> > > alive," Coleman says. "They'd get a hundred, in some cases 1,000 bites in a
> > > single night."
> > >
> > > Insect repellents and bed nets are standard issue, Coleman says, but many
> > > units failed to pack them when they were deployed.
> > >
> > > The sand flies have vanished with the cooler weather in Iraq, but because
> > > of a long incubation period, lesions may not appear for six months or
> > > longer after infection occurs. Coleman and Army Lt. Col. Peter Weina, a
> > > leishmaniasis expert still in Iraq, predicted in April that there would be
> > > 400 cases.
> > >
> > > All affected soldiers are being sent to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in
> > > Washington, D.C., to be treated with the drug Pentosam.
> > >
> > >
> > >  USA Today
> > >
> > > Article found at:
> > >
> > > http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=28318&lang=en
> > >
> > >
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