Case series study of american cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Preto da Eva municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil

Authors

  • Roberto Daibes Naiff Júnior
  • Francimeire Gomes Pinheiro
  • Maricleide de Farias Naiff
  • Ilner de Souza e Souza
  • Lourival Maciel Castro
  • Moézio Pereira Menezes
  • Antonia Maria Ramos Franco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v38i2.6610

Keywords:

American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Leishmania, Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas.

Abstract

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a zoonosis caused by Leishmania genus
flagellates. ACL develop in man when he enters zoonotic areas in deforestation and
extractivism sites. In Brazil, ACL has an endemic character and it is distributed in all
states of the country. In Amazonas, according to the State Department of Health data
(2005), the municipalities of Manaus and Rio Preto da Eva are the first and second
cities, respectively, in number of cases. In Rio Preto da Eva, about 80% cases of ACL
derive from rural settlements along the AM-010 road. In Rio Preto da Eva’s hospital,
113 cases of ACL were diagnosed from 141 examined patients from all ages and both
sexes. The patients consisted predominantly of males (68.1%), with ages varying
between 20 and 39 years old (40.4%), and farmers (49.1%). All patients presented
cutaneous lesions, mainly in lower extremities (36.2%). New studies to map risk
areas, as well as the identification of the causing and transmitting agents of ACL, may
help to recommend more effective proposals for the control of this disease.

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Published

2009-07-07

How to Cite

NAIFF JÚNIOR, R. D.; PINHEIRO, F. G.; NAIFF, M. de F.; SOUZA, I. de S. e; CASTRO, L. M.; MENEZES, M. P.; FRANCO, A. M. R. Case series study of american cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio Preto da Eva municipality, Amazonas State, Brazil. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 38, n. 2, p. 103–114, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v38i2.6610. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/6610. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2009)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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