Atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis in a semiarid region of north-west Costa Rica
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1989Author
Zeledón, Rodrigo
Hidalgo, Harry
Viquez, Abel
Urbina, Andrea
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An outbreak of an unusual cutaneous disease was
observed during 1986-1987 in about 200 persons,
mainly children, in a few neighbourhoods of the town
of Liberia, Guanacaste Province, north-west Costa
Rica. Most of the cases were from Nazareth, a
neighbourhood, developed in 1978, with about 1200
persons, at least 5% of whom are Nicaraguan immigrants. Scattered cases have been recognized since
1976 and at that time the disease was identified as
nodular infantile tuberculoid leprosy. Durante 1986-1987 se observó un brote de una enfermedad cutánea inusual
observado durante 1986-1987 en unas 200 personas,
principalmente niños, en algunos barrios de la ciudad de
Liberia, provincia de Guanacaste, noroeste de Costa Rica. La mayoría de los casos procedían de Nazaret, un
barrio, desarrollado en 1978, con unas 1200
personas, de las cuales al menos el 5% son inmigrantes nicaragüenses. Se han reconocido casos dispersos desde
1976 y en ese momento la enfermedad se identificó como
lepra tuberculoide infantil nodular.
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