[On the origin and spread of cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis, based on pre- and post- colombian historical source].
Drawing from four sixteenth-century sources, the article reports some apparent incidents of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis within the territory of the Andes. Reinterpretation of these sources affords a look at the longstanding issue of the origin of espundia,or mucosal Leishmaniasis (ML). The study reinforces the hypothesis that ML originated in the western Amazon region, from there climbing into the high forests and later into hot inter-Andean lands via Bolivia's and Peru's borders with Brazil, above al through human migration. dating to archeological times, this process intensified during the Inca period under the social policies of the mitmaq or mitimaes. These events transpired within the historical and social context of the fall of the Inca Empire and the advent of Spanish colonization.
Altamirano-Enciso
Alfredo J
AJ
Prequisador do Instituto de Pesquisas Evandro Chagas (JPEC) e Centro de Referência Nacional em Leishmanioses, Fiocruz. alfredo@ipec.fiocruz.br
Marzochi
Mauro C A
MC
Moreira
João S
JS
Schubach
Armando O
AO
Marzochi
Keyla B F
KB
D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000266:history*; D010164:Paleopathology / Q000266:history*; D013020:South America