In the last decade, in the state of São Paulo, 5898 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) were reported. This study was undertaken to analyze the epidemiology of CL in the municipality of Teodoro Sampaio, in São Paulo State, Brazil, based on a geographic approach, as very little is known of the relationship between CL and the spatial transformation process.This is a population-based quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional case study. Surveys of the official notifications in the healthcare center and official sources from 1998 to 2011 were analysed. The data were described based on statistics and the Kernel method to detect hotspots of transmission.The age group between 21 and 40 yr was most affected, with 24 cases (57.9

作者：Elivelton da Silva, Fonseca；Lourdes A Zampieri, D'Andrea；Helena Hilomi, Taniguchi；Roberto Mitsuyoshi, Hiramoto；Jos Eduardo, Tolezano；Raul Borges, Guimar?es

来源：Journal of vector borne diseases 2014 年 51卷 4期