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    POBLACIÓN MÁS AFECTADA POR LEISHMANIASIS CUTÁNEA EN EL CANTÓN PORTOVIEJO, PERIODO 2014 -2018
    (Universidad Técnica de Manabí, 2019) GUALE TOMALÁ, CAROL MICHEL ; GUTIERREZ RAMOS, SERGIO RICARDO ; Arteaga Quiroz, Miguel Ángel
    Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, this disease is particularly known to cause lesions at the dermal level that can heal spontaneously, as well as leaving unsightly scars. According to WHO, leishmaniasis causes around 1 million new cases per year worldwide. In the Portoviejo Canton of the province of Manabí - Ecuador there were very few reported cases, however in the year 2017 there was a significant number of cases causing concern in the population. The objective of the study was to determine the population that had the most involvement in the Portoviejo canton in the period 2014 until 2018. For this research, a cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive methodology was used, in which we managed data obtained from epidemiological data sheets of patients with a positive diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Subsequently, the respective data were tabulated for analysis. The results obtained show that in 2014 and 2015 no significant results were found, for 2016, year where there was a natural disaster in the region, the figure increased by 13.2% making a total of 23 cases, later in the year 2017 the number of cases increased significantly with 78.2% making a total of 136 cases. Then with a sudden decrease in 2018 with 4% for a total of 8 cases in the year. The male gender was the most affected, while in the age range, the highest frequency was between 20 - 49 years. The occupation of the population under study, which more cases obtained, were the students and the housewives, while the location of the lesion with more frequency were the inferior members. Leishmaniasis is a disease that is usually found in rural areas; However, this study showed that the most affected population was the Andres de Vera urban parish. In the future it would be ideal for the institutions in charge of the management and control of vector-transmissible diseases to have an action plan that allows them to act quickly and efficiently when the causal agent is detected, and then carry out the respective studies within the vector cycle, thus avoiding an increase of cases in the year