[Cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis infection resulting from the importation of sandflies via transportation means].

78 cases of a rural skin leishmaniasis type registered in the Tadjik SSR over a 10-year period have been divided into 3 groups according to the nature of epidemiological chain: 1) imported infection, when the inhabitants of Tadjikistan were infected in the southern parts of the Uzbek and Turkmen SSR; 2) infection of patients in borderline regions caused by sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] carried from Afghanistan by dust storms and strong winds; 3) local infection as a result of exploration of new lands in deserted areas of southern Tadjikistan previously known for endemic foci. 6 other cases are described: one case (1983), when a woman, citizen of Dushanbe, was infected by sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] brought in a helicopter from Afghanistan and the other familial case, when 5 persons were infected by sandflies [correction of mosquitoes] brought in a car from a borderland to an Afghanistan area.