Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cutaneous leishmaniasis and their relationship with the laboratory data, south of Brazil

Objective: To evaluate clinical, epidemiological and laboratorial aspects for the understanding of the disease characteristics and its relationship with diagnostic tests. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive and analytical study involving 2,660 American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) suspected patie...

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Main Authors: Maura Cristiani de Moura Curti, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides Arraes, Dennis Armando Bertolini, Paulo Donizeti Zanzarini, Eneide Aparecida Sabaini Venazzi, Andrea Cláudia Silva Fernandes, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701337