Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen
Leishmaniasis in Yemen is still not fully investigated nor well studied. Recently, outbreaks of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in western highland were declared. However, there are no reports concerning the disease and the circulating species in the region. The aim of this study was to determine the p...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e683bf04aad04339822215c301d747bb 2023-05-15T15:04:16+02:00 Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen Mohammed Musid Alkulaibi Ahmed Mohamed Suleiman Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil Maged Ahmed Al-Garadi 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8248916 https://doaj.org/article/e683bf04aad04339822215c301d747bb EN eng Hindawi Limited http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8248916 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9686 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9694 1687-9686 1687-9694 doi:10.1155/2019/8248916 https://doaj.org/article/e683bf04aad04339822215c301d747bb Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2019 (2019) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8248916 2022-12-31T12:48:58Z Leishmaniasis in Yemen is still not fully investigated nor well studied. Recently, outbreaks of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in western highland were declared. However, there are no reports concerning the disease and the circulating species in the region. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Utmah district located in Western Highlands in Yemen. A cross-sectional survey was carried out at those highlands. For the survey, 1165 participants were subjected to Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) accompanied with direct interviews and physical examination. The overall prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the district was 18.5% and the cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) was more frequent in the escarpments with a prevalence of 37%, including 5.5% for active lesion and 31.5% for scar of healed lesions. Children under the age of 16 years old comprised most of the CL cases (76.3%). The escarpments of western highlands in Yemen were hyperendemic areas for CL and the infection was more prevalent in children. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Tropical Medicine 2019 1 7 |
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Leishmaniasis in Yemen is still not fully investigated nor well studied. Recently, outbreaks of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in western highland were declared. However, there are no reports concerning the disease and the circulating species in the region. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Utmah district located in Western Highlands in Yemen. A cross-sectional survey was carried out at those highlands. For the survey, 1165 participants were subjected to Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) accompanied with direct interviews and physical examination. The overall prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the district was 18.5% and the cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) was more frequent in the escarpments with a prevalence of 37%, including 5.5% for active lesion and 31.5% for scar of healed lesions. Children under the age of 16 years old comprised most of the CL cases (76.3%). The escarpments of western highlands in Yemen were hyperendemic areas for CL and the infection was more prevalent in children. |
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Mohammed Musid Alkulaibi Ahmed Mohamed Suleiman Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil Maged Ahmed Al-Garadi |
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Mohammed Musid Alkulaibi Ahmed Mohamed Suleiman Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil Maged Ahmed Al-Garadi |
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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen |
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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen |
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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen |
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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen |
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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Western Highlands in Yemen |
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prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in western highlands in yemen |
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