| [epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in bolivia. 1. description of study zone and prevalence of the disease]. | an epidemiological survey of tegumentary leishmaniasis (leishmania (viannia) braziliensis) was carried out in three regions of bolivia in the andean foothill and amazonian forest. it was based on the record of lesions and scars on all the inhabitants of selected representative villages. in the yungas, an area cultivated from the xviith century, males and females are equally infested, mostly before they were 10 years old (65%); 48% of scars were on the head. in alto beni and pando, areas covered ... | 1989 | 2629643 |