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Variation in clinical presentation and genotype of causative Leishmania major strain in cutaneous leishmaniasis in north and south Afghanistan.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jul 2011
van Thiel Pieter-Paul A M, van Gool Tom, Faber William R, Leenstra Tjalling, Kager Piet A, Bart Aldert
Abstract excerpt
A different clinical picture and therapeutic response were observed when data from Leishmania major-infected Dutch military personnel stationed in southern (N = 8) and northern (N = 169) Afghanistan were analyzed. Clinical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in personnel in the south was milder and seemed to respond better to antileishmanial treatment; molecular analyses of parasite isolates seem to indicate...
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