Marring leishmaniasis: the stigmatization and the impact of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan and Afghanistan

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008;2(10):e259. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000259. Epub 2008 Oct 29.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Afghanistan / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / parasitology
  • Leishmania / physiology
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / epidemiology
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / parasitology
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / psychology*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / transmission
  • Male
  • Pakistan / epidemiology
  • Social Problems
  • Stereotyping*