[Eco-epidemiological aspects of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Municipality of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil].

The authors describe an outbreak of American cutaneous leishmaniasis from February 1993 to September 1994 in the districts of Sousas and Joaquim Egídio, Campinas, São Paulo State. Out of a total of 25 cases, seven occurred in the countryside, nine in the periurban area, and nine in the urban area. The authors observed a shift in the occurrence of leishmaniasis cases from rural to urban areas.

[Drug therapy of mansoni schistosomiasis].

The various presentations of schistosomiasis mansoni are discussed, stressing the indications of parosites elimination. Parasitologic cure is necessary, although, when the infestation is recent (acute), the drug efficacy is lower than in the chronic forms. Surgery may be pertension, special care must be taken, and in the pseudotumoral form there is not enough diet regarding progression of the disease after treatment.