Tegumentary leishmaniasis outbreak in Bella Vista City, Corrientes, Argentina during 2003

Bella Vista City, Corrientes, Argentina, reported an epidemic outbreak of tegumentary leishmaniasis during 2003. The mean age of the 31 cases was 25.0 ± 13.7 years old, with a sex ratio male:female 1.8, and without mucosal involvement. They clustered in two contiguous neighbourhoods, 96% in the peri...

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Main Authors: Oscar Daniel Salomón, Sergio Sosa-Estani, Karina Ramos, Pablo Wenceslao Orellano, Gustavo Sanguesa, Gustavo Fernández, Angel Sinagra, Guillermo Rapasciolli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-11-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000700010