title: [Observations in relation to the epidemic outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Ribeira Valley (São Paulo), 1978].
abstract: The author relates peculiarities of epidemical irruption of the Tegument Leishmaniasis, occurred in the Ribeira Valley, São Paulo State, Brazil, in 1978. The work is divided into three parts: I--Geographical and ecological aspects of the place where the irruption occurred; II--A concise review of the clinic-epidemiological characteristics of the tegumental leishmaniasis; III--Informations on epidemic level about the epidemical irruption and the setting of the subject in order to debate the probable causes of the event.
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Observaçoes à margem de surto epidémico de leishmaniose tegumentar no Vale do Ribeira (São Paulo) 1978.