Abstract

FORATTINI, Oswaldo Paulo et al. Cutaneous leishmaniasis at the South Coastal region of the S. Paulo State, Brazil. Rev. Saúde Pública [online]. 1973, vol.7, n.4, pp. 447-452. ISSN 0034-8910.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101973000400013.

An endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis, in the South Coastal region of S. Paulo State, Brazil, is reported. Seventeen cases were found and diagnostic was made mainly through parasitologic evidences. Probability of local intradomiciliary transmission is suspected.

Keywords : Leishmaniasis [cutaneous]; Leishmaniasis transmission; S. Paulo, State, Brazil.