BACKGROUND: @entity232 is a serious public health problem in Yemen. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to identify clinical and epidemiological features of @entity232 in Yemen. METHODS: The study was conducted at the Regional @entity232 Control Center in central Yemen. Data sourced from the medical records of 152 @entity1 with confirmed active @entity232 , managed during April-August 2013, were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 94.1% of @entity1 were rural residents. Al Bayda was the most endemic governorate (59.9%). @entity1 represented the group at highest risk (57.2%), followed by adult females (32.9%); together these groups accounted for 90.1% of all @entity1 . @entity17566 was the most prevalent form (49.3%), followed by @entity4536 (47.4%), and @entity234 (3.3%). The wet @entity1066 was the most common type of lesion (49.7%) and the single lesion (69.4%) represented the most common presentation. All @entity1 were ignorant of the nature of the disease, and 55.9% had a history of using "popular" treatments. CONCLUSIONS: Cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and @entity232 have significant endemicity in Yemen, especially in central areas. Al Bayda is the governorate with the highest endemicity, and rural @entity1 and @entity1 represent the populations at highest risk. @entity17566 seems to be the most prevalent form and a single wet @entity1066 is the most common presentation. Infected refugees may represent new foci for imported Leishmania species. Ecology, geography, climate change, cultural gender- and age-specific duties, urban night activities, and use of popular treatments are among proven risk factors.

@entity232 in Yemen: a clinicoepidemiological study of XXXX in central Yemen.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'children', 'patients', 'Children'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulcer'] @entity234 :: ('MESH:D007898', 'Disease') :: ['visceral leishmaniasis'] @entity232 :: ('MESH:D007896', 'Disease') :: ['visceral leishmaniases', 'Leishmaniasis', 'leishmaniasis'] @entity4536 :: ('MESH:D016773', 'Disease') :: ['cutaneous leishmaniasis'] @entity17566 :: ('MESH:D007897', 'Disease') :: ['Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis']
@entity232 :: (MESH:D007896,Disease) :: ['leishmaniasis']
