Ghulam Murtaza Pathan, Farooq Rahman Soomro.
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a village of mountainous belt of Larkana District.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;11(2):16-9.

A survey of cutaneous leishmaniasis was carried out in mid February 2001 in a village located in a mountainous belt of Larkana District adjoining the Baluchistan province. Out of 130 patients with suspected skin lesions examined, 115 were found to be suffering from cutaneous leishmaniasis. The patients presented with various cutaneous manifestations such as papules, nodules, ulcers and erythematous plaques. This outbreak may be due to the movement and migration of people from drought affected endemic areas of Balauchistan to the adjoining areas of upper Sindh which have affected the environment, the population of reservoirs and vector host

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