Leishmaniose cutânea. Uma doença rara em Portugal?

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  • Lenea Campino Unidade de Leishmaniose, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
  • Pedro Abranches

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.1969

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Due to its morbility and disfiguring scars, cutaneous leishmaniasis is a serious Public Health problem. The incidence of the disease, world wide, is estimated to be of 1 million to 1.5 million cases per year. In Portugal, it has been considered a rare disease and sporadic cases have been described. In Southwest Europe, Leishmania infantum has been the only agent responsible for the autochthonous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis. In 1994, in an portuguese clinical case, the parasite isolated from a cutaneous lesion was identified as L. infantum zymodeme MON-29. As described in this work cutaneous leishmaniasis should not be considered, any longer, a rare disease in Portugal.

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Campino L, Abranches P. Leishmaniose cutânea. Uma doença rara em Portugal?. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 30 de Outubro de 2002 [citado 23 de Novembro de 2024];15(5):387-90. Disponível em: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1969

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