Seventeen years of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a Southern Brazilian municipality

Authors

  • Wilsandrei Cella UEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
  • Simone Cristina Castanho Sabaini de Melo UEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
  • Cátia Millene Dell Agnolo UEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
  • Sandra Marisa Pelloso UEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
  • Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira UEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
  • Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho UEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde

Keywords:

Leishmaniasis, Epidemiology, Zoonoses, Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous

Abstract

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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Published

2012-08-01

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 4 (2012)

Section

Leishmaniasis

How to Cite

Cella, W., Melo, S. C. C. S. de, Dell Agnolo, C. M., Pelloso, S. M., Silveira, T. G. V., & Carvalho, M. D. de B. (2012). Seventeen years of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a Southern Brazilian municipality. Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 54(4), 215-218. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/48392