Abstract
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran has imposed of great economic and society with respect to the lack of adequate information about the disease in Kashan. To our knowledge, this is the first report of outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in this area. The present study was conducted in 1995-2003 to determine the prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in patients referring to laboratories in Kashan. This study was carried on 3028 patients referred to Kashan laboratories during the 9 years period. Initial variable included age, sex, occupation, place of residence and number of lesions that were all were recorded in an information data. With a total number of 3028 infected persons 50.8 percent were female and 49.2 percent male. The highest prevalence rate (37.9%) was in 0-10 years old. More than one active lesion was seen in 30.3% of individuals. The rang of the commonly affected site of the body were hands (45.6%). All patients treated with Meglomine antimonate (Glucantime) successfully. In this study the leishmania major strain was identified in majority of cases. The clinical finding pattern belonged to different endemic strains of L. major in Isfahan, which indicates the possible transmission of infection from Isfahan to this area.
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