ABSTRACT
Increased poverty, occupational exposures, and travel histories coupled with barriers to health care that include English language illiteracy and high rates of uninsurance contribute to disproportional incidences as well as pronounced severity of bacterial pyodermas, dermatophytosis, arthropod infestations, and sexually transmitted diseases in some Latino communities in the United States. A report by the U.S. Bureau of the Census found poverty rates of 21.7% in U.S.-born Latinos and 28.4% in all Latinos1 and that 32% of Latinos lack any form of health insurance, the highest number of any major ethnic group.
