Jornal de Neurociências e Pesquisa Clínica

Epidemiology, prevention and Treatment of Leishmaniasis in Afghanistan

Mohammad Reza Mohammadi*, Layegheh Daliri, Elham Rezaei

Leishmaniasis occurs in an infectious disease of Leishmania protozoa in Afghanistan, anthroponotic leishmaniasis and common cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL). Anthroponotic skin leishmania tropica may cause urban diseases and transmitted by Phlebotomus Sergenti. In different parts of Afghanistan, different species of Leishmania are observed. We report the epidemiological characteristics of prevention and treatment in this study.