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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Obasi O. E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1991.tb04637.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , dermatology , pediatrics , immunology
Twenty‐one of 18,000 (0·1%) dermatology patients seen at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria, during the 9‐year period October, 1979‐August, 1988, had cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Their age range was 14 to 50 years (mean 28.7 years), with a peak at the 14‐to 25‐year age group. Eleven of the 21 patients (52%) were students in Government Colleges located within the leishmaniasis belt of Nigeria.