Epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan. Part 2. Anthro-ponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis.

: From June to September 1977, a preliminary epidemiological investigation was carried out in some parts of northern Afghanistan (Aqcha, Mazar-e-Sharif and Paul-e-Khombri). The disease in these areas is of zoonotic type having Rhombomys opimus as reservoir and P. caucasicus and P. papatasi as vectors.