[Leish-l] FW: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan: (KP) cutaneous

[jeffrey shaw]

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LEISHMANIASIS – PAKISTAN: (KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA) CUTANEOUS


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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012

Source: Central Asia Online [edited]

<http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/04/26/newsbrief-07>







Cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak

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Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Department has sought

help from the World Health Organization (WHO) to contain an outbreak

of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), an official said.



WHO is to spend USD 9.6m to help residents of KP, FATA KP to set up

700 community health centres. "During the last three months, about 889

cases of CL have been recorded from 14 districts," Dr Muhammad Iqbal

of the Health Department told Central Asia Online on 25 April. "We

have requested the WHO to intervene." Nowshera District had the most

cases, 214, he said.



KP is requesting injectable medicines and help with insecticide

spraying, he said, adding that patients cannot afford the 3500 Pak

rupees (USD 39) cost of CL treatment. CL is a skin infection,

transmitted by sand flies.



[byline: Ashfaq Yusufzai]



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[Leishmaniasis is endemic in Pakistan, where cutaneous leishmaniasis,

CL, is either caused by _Leishmania major_ (zoonotic reservoir) or _L.

tropica_ (human reservoir). A review of clinical presentation of

leishmaniasis in Pakistan can be found here: Bari AU. Clinical

spectrum of cutaneous leishmaniasis: an overview from Pakistan.

Dermatol Online J. 2012;18:4

(<http://dermatology.cdlib.org/1802/02_rev/04_11-00146/article.html>).

Another recent paper discusses the distribution of leishmaniasis in

Pakistan:  Afghan AK, et al. Clinical manifestations and distribution

of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan. J Trop Med. 2011;2011:359145.

(<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235881/?tool=pubmed>).



It should be noted that leishmaniasis is also highly prevalent in

Afghanistan and cross border traffic of infected humans could

contribute to the outbreak in the Khyber province, bordering

Afghanistan.



HealthMap location: <http://healthmap.org/r/1oq8>. - Mod.EP]



[see also:

Leishmaniasis - UK ex Afghanistan: military 20120108.1003634

2010

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Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (03): (HR) 20101106.4015

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (02) 20101016.3753

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan 20101016.3750

2007

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Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan 20070508.1487

2005

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Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Balochistan, Sindh)(02) 20050206.0403

Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Balochistan, Sindh) 20050113.0115

2004

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Leishmaniasis - Pakistan & India: background 20040201.0392

Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Sind) (02) 20040127.0324

Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Sind) 20040126.0309

Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Sind): correction 20040125.0304

Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Sind): correction 20040125.0305

2003

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Leishmaniasis - Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan: military 20031024.2669

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan 20030909.2267

2002

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Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (07) 20020703.4662

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (06) 20020629.4633

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (04) 20020523.4304

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (03) 20020515.4212

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (03) 20020512.4178

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (02) 20020511.4161

Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan (Kabul): alert 20020508.4134]

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