Ten years of occurrence of human Leishmania viannia braziliensis (Lvb) infections in farms around Três Braços, Bahia-Brazil

Abstract

Som e years ago w e published observations on the epidem iology o f cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishm ania viannia brasiliensis (Lvb) from our fiel area in Três Braços, Bahia, Brazil regarding the occurrence o f human infections using techniques already described4. W e now data o f a further five years observations. The total data for 15 farms under study is set out in the Table 1