Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis in a high-altitude forest region of Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

American cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease typically associated with men working in remote, sylvatic environments. We sought to identify CL risk factors in a highly deforested region where anecdotal reports suggested an atypical proportion of women and children were infected with CL raising concern among authorities that transmission was shifting towards domestic spaces and population centers.

Methods

We describe the characteristics of CL patients from four participating clinics after digitizing up to 10 years of patient data from each clinic's CL registries. We assessed risk factors of CL associated with intradomestic, peridomestic, or non-domestic transmission through a matched case-control study with 63 patients who had visited these

SUBMITTER: Lana JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8130303 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature