1. [An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in Geokchaĭ District, Azerbaijan SSR].
- Author
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Gasanzade GB, Saf'ianova VM, Tagi-zade TA, Agaev A, Gadzhibekova EA, Savina MA, Alieva KhKh, Emel'ianova LP, Shal'miev GB, and Faramazov AZ
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- Age Factors, Animals, Azerbaijan epidemiology, Humans, Incidence, Insect Vectors, Leishmania donovani isolation & purification, Leishmaniasis diagnosis, Leishmaniasis etiology, Leishmaniasis transmission, Phlebotomus, Prevalence, Serologic Tests, Disease Outbreaks, Leishmaniasis epidemiology
- Abstract
A more than 60-case outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis was documented in the Geokchaĭ District of Azerbaijan between 1987 and 1988. The disease was noted in the rural areas only. All age groups were involved. The clinical picture of the disease was significantly different from anthropogenic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. tropica but similar to cutaneous patterns caused by L. infantum which was a prevalent pattern in the southern France. Isoenzyme assay of the strain isolated in the Geokchaĭ causative agent defined it as Leishmania donovani sensu lato. Though an undoubted similarity of its enzymatic profile to L. infantum was observed it was distinguished as a singular zymodeme. A total of 9 Phlebotominae species were isolated in the Geokchaĭ District. Among them 5 species (P. kandelakii, P. tobbi, P. transcaucasicus, P. brevis, P. alexandri) were reviewed in the literature with regard to L. infantum transmission. Thus cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. infantum species in the rural area of the USSR was identified for the first time.
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- 1990