CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN EASTERN SAUDI-ARABIA - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL FEATURES IN A NON-IMMUNE POPULATION LIVING IN AN ENDEMIC AREA

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 29  (2) , 188-193
Abstract
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in Saudi Arabia. Nonimmune Europeans and their families living temporarily in this area were affected by the disease in great number, resembling an epidemic outbreak. Clinical features and treatment of the disease, problems of reinfection and immunity, as well as epidemiological factors, are discussed. Using biochemical methods, the parasite was identified as Leishmania tropica major.

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