Apresentação clínica, etiologia e distribuição geográfica da Leishmaniose tegumentar no município de Santarém, estado do Pará, Brasil

Abstract

American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is an infectious disease affecting skin and mucosa, which has shown a significant increase in incidence in recent decades, has an overall prevalence of approximately 1.5 million cases annually worldwide. The present study is an analytic approach, descriptive, cross-sectional profile with the objective of establishing clinical and epidemiological correlations etiologies of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a series of cases in western Pará In the survey included 102 individuals presenting clinical manifestations of ATL, selected in from October 2009 to November 2011, attended the Center for Zoonosis Control in the city of Santarém, state of Pará variables were analyzed from the application of the chi-square tack and presented through figures and tables. The results demonstrate that prevailed infections in males 85.29%, aged 30 to 40 years 32.35%, workers and residents of rural areas engaged in occupations mostly peasants 21.57%, showed single lesions 63.72%, 77.45% ulcerated type, located in the lower limbs in 58.82% of cases, with time to disease progression of 02 months on average 74.50%. Conclusion: Six Leishmania species were identified, and the subgenus Viannia more prevalent and predominant species E (V). braziliensis.