Open AccessA new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir State, India
Author(s) -
Neenu Kaul,
Vipin Gupta,
Subhash Bhardwaj,
Devraj Dogra,
Naina Dogra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.175930
Subject(s) - cutaneous leishmaniasis , sodium stibogluconate , leishmaniasis , medicine , veterinary medicine , epidemiology , leishmania tropica , leishmania major , north india , new delhi , dermatology , leishmania , pathology , socioeconomics , parasite hosting , metropolitan area , sociology , world wide web , computer science
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in India is mainly confined to the deserts of Rajasthan; some cases have been reported from the dry north-western half of the Indo-Gangetic plain, including Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Varanasi.