Combining diagnostic procedures for the management of leishmaniasis in areas with high prevalence of Leishmania guyanensis Procedimentos diagnósticos combinados no manejo da leishmaniose em áreas com alta prevalência de Leishmania guyanensis

• Main Authors: Ednelza de Almeida Benicio (Author), Ellen Pricilla Nunes Gadelha (Author), Anette Talhari (Author), Roberto Moreira da Silva Jr (Author), Luis Carlos Ferreira (Author), Mayara Cristina Cordeiro dos Santos (Author), Marcelo Távora Mira (Author), Cintia Mara Costa de Oliveira (Author), Carolina Talhari (Author), Sinésio Talhari (Author), Paulo Roberto Machado (Author), Albert Schriefer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The Amazon region corresponds to approximately 40% of the cases of leishmaniasis in Brazil. We report a prospective study with 180 patients conducted in a health care unit that diagnoses 10% of the cases of leishmaniasis in the Brazilian Amazon. The study addresses how a combination of p...