Short reports on cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak investigation in Ankesha-Guagsa district, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia

Banchamlak Tegegne; Mekonnen Yimer; Tsehaynesh G/Eyesus; Alie Ayal; Mulat Yimer

doi:10.1177/00494755211055252

Short reports on cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak investigation in Ankesha-Guagsa district, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia

Trop Doct. 2022 Jan;52(1):131-133. doi: 10.1177/00494755211055252. Epub 2021 Dec 13.

Authors

Banchamlak Tegegne¹, Mekonnen Yimer¹, Tsehaynesh G/Eyesus¹, Alie Ayal¹, Mulat Yimer²

Affiliations

¹ 247366Amhara Public Health Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, 128158Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

PMID: 34894873
DOI: 10.1177/00494755211055252

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is spreading in Ethiopia and outbreaks have been recorded at new foci. In the Ankesha-Guagsa district, from September 24 to 28, 2020, 39 suspected cases were screened, and amastigote stages were identified in lesion samples of 34 (87.2%) cases.

Keywords: ankesha-guagsa district; cutaneous leishmaniasis; ethiopia; outbreak investigation.

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Ethiopia / epidemiology
Humans
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous* / diagnosis
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous* / epidemiology