Departments of Bacteriology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Short Communication
Epidemiology, prevention and Treatment of Leishmaniasis in Afghanistan
Author(s): Mohammad Reza Mohammadi*, Layegheh Daliri and Elham Rezaei
Introduction: Leishmaniasis occurs in an infectious disease of Leishmania protozoa in Afghanistan, anthroponotic leishmaniasis and common cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL). Anthroponotic skin leishmania tropica may cause urban diseases and transmitted by Phlebotomus Sergenti. In different parts of Afghanistan, different species of Leishmania are observed. We report the epidemiological characteristics of prevention and treatment in this study.
Methods: This study examines epidemiology and prevention of religious disease in Afghanistan. Knowledge gaps were analyzed and collected with our own data
Results: In Afghanistan, most of the Leishmania Tropic seekers are. Four species of Leishmania in northern Afghanistan, including Leishmania Tropica, L. Major and L. Donovani, cause skin lesions, but L.. View More»