Clinical features of cutaneous and disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Sem afiliação
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.

Abstract

American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is endemic in Rio de Janeiro State (RJ), where the disease shows epidemiologic and clinical characteristics distinct from those of ATL in other Brazilian regions. Paraty is the second most important endemic area in RJ; however, reports on leishmaniasis in this region refer to the occurrence of the disease without describing its characteristics.

Keywords in Portuguese

Aspectos clínicos
Leishmaniose tegumentar americana
Tratamento
Disseminação
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Rio de Janeiro

Keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis
Rio de Janeiro
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
Clinical features
Dissemination
Treatment

Publisher

The International Society of Dermatology

Citation

GONÇALVES, Ricardo Vieira et al. Clinical features of cutaneous and disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania ( Viannia ) braziliensis in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro. International Journal of Dermatology, v. 47, p. 926–932, 2008.

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03701.x

ISSN

0011-9059

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32097

Type

Copyright

Open access

Embargo date

2008-01-01

Collections

Share

Statistics

Metadata

Author

Affilliation