[Contact dermatitis by pederine: clinical and epidemiological study in Ceará State, Brazil]
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1Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brasil.
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Clinical and epidemiological aspects of the contact dermatitis by Paederus are studied. This zoodermatosis is observed in many countries of the Ceará, State of Brasil, during the rainy season, specially at the months of april and may. The etiological agent of this disease is an insect of the generus Paederus. Two species were identified in the State: Paederus brasiliensis and Paederus columbinus.