Clinical and epidemiological profiles of patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis from the states of Pernambuco and Amazonas, Brazil.
Maria Gabriella Nunes de MeloRayana Carla Silva de MoraisTayná Correia de GoesRômulo Pessoa E SilvaRômulo Freire de MoraisJorge Augusto de Oliveira GuerraMaria Edileuza Felinto de BritoSinval Pinto Brandão FilhoMilena de Paiva CavalcantiPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
These data demonstrated that irrespective of the patients' places of origin, interventions need to be focused on men of economically productive age, in view of the high risk of exposure to the vector in this group. Education activities need to be directed to farmers about the importance of protection against ACL vectors during work. Such information must also be directed to employers as a way of implementing and maintaining appropriate working conditions and stepping up vector control.