Cutaneous leishmaniasis in south-western Ethiopia: Ocholo revisited.

The borough of Ocholo, on the western side of the Ethiopian Rift Valley, is an endemic focus for Leishmania aethiopica infection and has been surveyed thrice between 1987 and 1990. In 1989, 3022 inhabitants (> 95% of the population) were interviewed and examined. The overall prevalence of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) was 3.