Idris Muhammad, Farid Jamila, Gul Nasreen
Department of Pathology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2010 Apr-Jun;22(2):214-5.
Leishmaniasis is a disease complex caused by the parasite of genus Leishmania. Visceral Leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani transmitted to human by sand fly. Some wild animals and human reservoir is the major reservoir in most of the cases. The disease is prevalent in different parts of the world including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sudan and Brazil. It has also been reported from Northern half of Pakistan. In Hazara Division, it has been reported from Galiat, Battagram, Kaladhaka, Kohistan, Balakot, Kaghan and adjoining areas of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. A focus of visceral Leishmaniasis was detected in villages located about 15 Km from Abbottabad city in year 2000. Sporadic cases were reported from the suburbs of Abbottabad but not from Abbottabad city. All these cases and cases from the other parts of Pakistan were children <12 years of age and the disease was not seen in adults except only one child, 11 year old. We report the 1st case from this area which is 16 years old girl.
利什曼病是由利什曼原虫属寄生虫引起的一组疾病。内脏利什曼病由杜氏利什曼原虫引起，通过白蛉传播给人类。在大多数情况下，一些野生动物和人类储存宿主是主要的储存宿主。该病在世界不同地区流行，包括印度、尼泊尔、孟加拉国、苏丹和巴西。巴基斯坦北部也有相关报道。在哈扎拉地区，加利亚特、巴塔格拉姆、卡拉达卡、科希斯坦、巴拉科特、卡干以及阿扎德查谟和克什米尔的毗邻地区均有报道。2000年，在距离阿伯塔巴德市约15公里的村庄发现了一个内脏利什曼病疫源地。阿伯塔巴德郊区有散发病例报告，但阿伯塔巴德市未见病例。巴基斯坦其他地区的所有这些病例以及该地区的病例均为12岁以下儿童，除一名11岁儿童外，未见成人患病。我们报告该地区首例病例，是一名16岁女孩。
