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A focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis at the northeast region of the São Paulo State, Brasil

A focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, in the São Paulo State, Brazil is reported. It was found at the northeast region, were the disease have not noticed since 1939. Evidence of natural enzootic foci of the infection is presented by the local persistence of an primitive forest area.

Leishmaniasis, cutaneous; Natural enzootic foci


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