Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study population, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom^*

Characteristic	Old World CL†	Range or %	New World CL†	Range or %
Total	90		133
Male sex	60 (67)		93 (70)
Median age at presentation, years	27	3–86	26	2–80
HIV infected‡	0/11		0/21
Median time to presentation, months	5	< 1–35	2	< 1–24
Mucosal involvement	0/90		11/133
Type of traveler
Visiting friends and relatives/new entrant	33	36	2	1.5
Tourist	29	32	7	5
Soldier/military	15	17	39	29
Backpacker/NGO worker	3	3	59	44
Other (business, missionary)	8	9	24	18

^*CL = cutaneous leishmaniasis; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; NGO = non-government organization.

^†Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

^‡Thirty-two persons were tested for HIV.