Seventeen years of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a Southern Brazilian municipality

We reviewed the records of 151 patients diagnosed with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) from 1993 to 2009 in the municipality of Japura, Paraná, Brazil. Gender, age, occupation, place of residence, location of lesions, type and number of lesions were analyzed. The prevalence rate of ACL was 11...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Wilsandrei Cella, Simone Cristina Castanho Sabaini de Melo, Cátia Millene Dell Agnolo, Sandra Marisa Pelloso, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2012
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis
Epidemiology
Zoonoses
Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis
Mucocutaneous
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652012000400006
https://doaj.org/article/d2a29063c5424c689629a2948587cccf
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Summary:We reviewed the records of 151 patients diagnosed with American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) from 1993 to 2009 in the municipality of Japura, Paraná, Brazil. Gender, age, occupation, place of residence, location of lesions, type and number of lesions were analyzed. The prevalence rate of ACL was 11.5/10,000 hab, of which 84.7% were male, 58.3% lived in rural area and 49.0% were farmers. The most frequent age group was between 30 to 39 years (26.6%). Skin lesions occurred in 92.7% of the patients with predominance in the lower limbs (23.9%) and 49.1% of the records did not include the number of lesions location due to incomplete filling. A single ulceration was present in 44.4%. Japurá is an endemic area for ACL, requiring public actions and preventive education.

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