Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Dispatch
New Clinicoepidemiologic Profile of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Morocco
Table
Distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis, 27 patients, Morocco, 2005–2006
Geographic origin | No. cases | Age range, y | Sex | Clinical lesions | Leishmania species |
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Taroudant | 2 | 5–20 | 1M, 1F | Nodular (2) | L. tropica |
Beni Mellal | 4 | 3–11 | 3M, 1F | Ulcerative (4) | L. tropica |
Boulemane | 7 | 1.25–60 | 4M, 3F | Ulcerative (5) Papulonodular (2) | L. tropica |
Ouarzazate | 3 | 0.25–52 | 1M, 2F | Ulcerative (2) Nodular (1) | L. major |
Errachidia | 3 | 3–39 | 1M, 2F | Ulcerative (3) | L. major |
Sidi Kacem | 8 | 2–70 | 2M, 6F | Erythematous (5) Papulonodular (2) Nodular (1) | L. infantum |
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