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

[diwakar dinesh]

Hi,
It is essential to identify the vector  and parasite of  that Cutaneous Leishmaniasis  along with the rate of natural infection of parasite in vectors, actual transmission site (outdoor/indoor), susceptibility status against different WHO recommended insecticides to the vector and to spray the locality with that effective insecticide to  stop further transmission of the disease. Entomologist and Parasitologist should come forward to tackle the situation.



Dr. Diwakar Singh Dinesh
Scientist C (SRO), Entomologist
Division of Vector Biology and Control
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
(Indian Council of Medical Research)
Department of Health Reseach
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Govt. of India
Agamkuan
Patna-800007

--- On Sun, 4/29/12, jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Leish-l] FW: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan: (KP) cutaneous
To: "Leish-L" <leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br>
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 10:56 AM









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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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