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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><div><blockquote><div><span></span><br><span>LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL - CHINA: (HEBEI ex GANSU)</span><br><span>*************************************************</span><br><span>A ProMED-mail post</span><br><span><<a href="http://www.promedmail.org" target="_blank">http://www.promedmail.org</a>></span><br><span>ProMED-mail is a program of the</span><br><span>International Society for Infectious Diseases</span><br><span><<a href="http://www.isid.org" target="_blank">http://www.isid.org</a>></span><br><span></span><br><span>Date: Thu 4 Dec 2014</span><br><span>Source: <a href="http://Ifeng.com" target="_blank">Ifeng.com</a>, Baoding Daily [in Chinese, trans., edited]</span><br><span><<a href="http://hebei.ifeng.com/news/chengshi/bd/detail_2014_12/04/3243066_0.shtml" target="_blank">http://hebei.ifeng.com/news/chengshi/bd/detail_2014_12/04/3243066_0.shtml</a>></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Case of Leishmaniasis Found in Baoding City, Hebei Province</span><br><span>-----------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span>Baoding Municipal No. 1 Hospital recently confirmed a rare case of</span><br><span>leishmaniasis [which has been] eradicated from Baoding for 50 years.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The patient is a 9-year-old girl from Qingyuan County [Hebei</span><br><span>Province]. After birth she moved with her parents to Gansu's Dangchang</span><br><span>County. On [8 Nov 2014], she entered No. 1 Hospital due to high fever.</span><br><span>Experts at Peking Union Hospital confirmed the diagnosis of visceral</span><br><span>leishmaniasis.</span><br><span></span><br><span>--</span><br><span>Communicated by:</span><br><span>ProMED-mail Rapporteur Dan Silver</span><br><span></span><br><span>[Baoding City is located approximately 150 kilometers [approx. 93</span><br><span>miles] southwest of Beijing in Hebei Province. The climatic conditions</span><br><span>do not support transmission of leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis has been</span><br><span>reported from Gansu Province, with an estimated annual incidence of</span><br><span>3.8 cases per 100 000 population (Zhang S et al. Incidence of Japanese</span><br><span>encephalitis, visceral leishmaniasis and malaria before and after the</span><br><span>Wenchuan earthquake, in China. Acta Trop. 2013;128:85-9). This could</span><br><span>be the place where the patient was infected. - Mod.EP]</span><br><span></span><br><span>[For a map of China showing provinces (and the location of Gansu and</span><br><span>Hebei) see</span><br><span><<a href="http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Provinces/GDP-Province-Gansu.html" target="_blank">http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Provinces/GDP-Province-Gansu.html</a>>.-</span><br><span>Mod.MPP</span><br><span></span><br><span>A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at:</span><br><span><<a href="http://healthmap.org/promed/p/337" target="_blank">http://healthmap.org/promed/p/337</a>>.]</span><br><span></span><br><span>[See Also:</span><br><span>2007</span><br><span>----</span><br><span>Leishmaniasis, visceral - China (Fujian, Hubei ex Xinjiang): corr.</span><br><span>20070415.1260</span><br><span>Leishmaniasis, visceral - China (Fujian, Hubei ex Xinjiang)</span><br><span>20070414.1242]</span><br><span>.................................................ep/je/mpp</span><br><span>*##########################################################*</span><br><span>************************************************************</span><br><span>ProMED-mail makes every effort to verify the reports that</span><br><span>are posted, but the accuracy and completeness of the</span><br><span>information, and of any statements or opinions based</span><br><span>thereon, are not guaranteed. 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