Human mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Três Braços, Bahia - Brazil: an area of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis transmission. II. Cutaneous disease. Presentation and evolution

The clinical records of 182 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis probably due to Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis are analysed. 68% had a single lesion which was usually an ulceron the lower anterior tibial third. Many had short histories of one to two months and all age groups were represented...

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Main Authors: Elmer A. Llanos-Cuentas, Philip D. Marsden, Edinaldo L. Lago, Air C. Barreto, César C. Cuba, Warren D. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1984-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821984000400003&lng=en&tlng=en