Temporal analysis of the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the cities of Aguapeí State Park Region – São Paulo State

Abstract

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a non-contagious infectious-parasitic disease transmitted to mammals through the bite of a sandflies infected by protozoa of Leishmania genus. It has been registered all over Brazil since 2003. This disease shows variable incidence and different epidemiological profiles. The present paper made a temporal analysis about the CL incidence over the population that integrates the municipalities of Aguapeí State Park in São Paulo State, Brazil. For this purpose, it was accessed the number of CL confirmed cases in humans between 1998 and 2016 that were available at the Epidemic Surveillance Center of State Secretary of Health and literature data. The disease register of the area of study comes from 1930s and current data indicates CL transmission in variable intensity. In 2015 the intensity of CL transmission was considered high level in the towns of São João do Pau D’Alho and Nova Independência and medium level in Junqueirópolis and Monte Castelo. It is possible to conclude that the Park is among the cities where there is register of this illness. For this reason, it is important to encourage the monitoring of space-time trends and studies about the conditions related to CL transmission in this region.