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Arch Dermatol. 2004;140:135-136.

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a vector-borne parasitic disease, is a risk for persons, including military personnel, who travel to or live in areas of the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe where the disease is endemic.^1-4 This report provides preliminary data about 22 cases of CL in military personnel deployed during 2002-2003 to three countries in Southwest/Central Asia (Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait). The patients were evaluated and treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in the District of Columbia during August 2002-September 2003. U.S. health-care providers should consider the possibility of CL in persons with chronic skin lesions who were deployed to Southwest/Central Asia or who were in other areas where leishmaniasis is endemic.

Of the 22 patients with CL that was confirmed parasitologically,* 21 (95%) were men; 19 (86%) were non-Hispanic white, two (9%) were Hispanic, and one (5%) was non-Hispanic black. The median age of the 22 patients was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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