Report of the First Cases of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in East Timor

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Sir—According to the World Health Organization's division of control of tropical diseases statistics, leishmaniasis currently affects ∼12 million people in 88 countries, and it is estimated that 350 million people are exposed to the risk of infection by the different species of Leishmania parasites. The French military medicosurgical group, part of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET), is deployed in Dili (the capital of East Timor) in the context of a humanitarian mission for medical support of the local population. Here we report 46 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis detected in November 1999 during daily free clinic consultations for people in that area.

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