Introduced leishmaniasis on Taiwan.

ABSTRACT

Leishmaniasis is not known to be indigenous to Taiwan but a number of imported cases of visceral as well as post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis have been seen. Only two autochthonous cases of cutaneous-subcutaneous diseases have been documented in aborigines but no cases of visceral leishmaniasis have been reported. Although a significant number of imported cases of leishmaniasis have been seen, the disease has apparently not been established on the island.