Occurrence of two autochthonous cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the neighborhood of Caju, city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Main Authors: Fred Bernardes Filho (Author), Danielle Cristine Bonatto (Author), Gustavo Martins (Author), Leonardo de Medeiros Maier (Author), José Augusto da Costa Nery (Author), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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American cutaneous leishmaniasis is in full geographic expansion in Brazil and it is considered among the infectious and parasitic diseases of utmost importance worldwide, not only by its frequency, but mainly by therapeutic difficulties, deformities and sequelae that may result. In the state of Rio...