Cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil: a critical appraisal of studies conducted in State of Pernambuco Leishmaniose cutânea no nordeste do Brasil: uma avaliação crítica dos estudos realizados no Estado de Pernambuco

• Main Authors: Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Maria Sandra Andrade, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Eduardo Henrique Gomes Rodrigues, Milena de Paiva Cavalcanti, Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
• Subjects: Leishmaniose cutânea; Leishmania braziliensis; Reservatórios; Insetos vetores; Diagnóstico; Epidemiologia; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Reservoirs; Insect vectors; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nordeste
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7ce41a9df02c43fbb82a31397e2356eb

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a complex disease with clinical and epidemiological features that may vary from region to region. In fact, at least seven different Leishmania species, including Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis, Leishmania (Viannia) lainson...