S. Kamhawi et al., A NEW FOCUS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS CAUSED BY LEISHMANIA-TROPICA IN NORTHERN JORDAN, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 89(3), 1995, pp. 255-257
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Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
An endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropi
ca was identified in the district of Bani Kinana, northern Jordan. Fif
ty-five autochthonous cases were detected from February to September 1
994 in a population of about 50 000. Most cases (74.5%) were from the
villages of Malka and Um-Quais. The lesions were typically small, dry
and mostly located on the face and extremities. Multiple lesions were
common. Incidence was higher in females than in males and familial clu
stering of cases was observed in houses on the outskirts of villages.
A leishmanin survey showed a 23.3% positivity rate in the populations
of Malka and Um-Quais. The rate of positivity was low in the younger a
ge groups and increased with age. There was some evidence that the dis
ease is a zoonosis in this focus.