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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
1993
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- LEISHMANIASIS: ESTUDIO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO PRELIMINAR EN UNA LOCALIDAD DE LA ZONA ENDÉMICA DEL ESTADO DE TABASCO Candelaria Córdova Nelly Eugenia Albertos Fernando José Andrade Silvia Beatriz Canto Salud Tabasco leishmaniasis mexican leishmaniasis epidemiology of leishmaniasis The State of Tabasco is localized in the endemic área of cutaneous leishmaniasis where both diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and mucocutáneous leishmaniasis have recently been reported. The objective of the present study was to obtain reliable information of the situation of this disease -which has a great relevance as a worldwide public health problem- through determination of the allergic index in a randomized sample from Rancheria Miguel Hidalgo, Comalcalco Municipality, Tabasco, Mexico. We found and allergic index of 56 per cent. Farmers and housewives had the highest positive responses to the Montenegro skin test. We found no statistical differences between males and females. Moreover, 3 patients with active lesions and people with scars suggestive of prior leishmaniasis were detected during the study. This village should be considered a high endemic focus 1993 otro 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10635404 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.4 Vol.35