Table 1.

Absolute frequency of articles identified in the identification and screening phases

Source	Cutaneous leishmaniasis AND
	Treatment	Topical treatment	Local treatment	Local heat	Heat therapy	Thermal therapy	Cryotherapy	Cryosurgery
PubMed
No limits	3404	228	184	11	46	26	77	24
Title/Abstract	1197	62	15	5	7	10	52	11
Experimental	175	6	2	2	2	4	13	2
OVID
No limits	2390	7767	11601	4990	7646	12513	4557	3938
Title/Abstract	19	9820	10579	5708	5469	7196	0	1
Experimental	5	14	12	13	13	12	0	1
ScienceDirect
No limits	6647	1309	2863	1065	1216	57	308	169
Title/Abstract	343	34	19	4	4	4	13	1
Experimental	47	12	3	3	3	4	2	0
Embase
No limits	2249	423	167	15	61	70	20	37
Title/Abstract	154	53	13	3	5	8	0	9
Experimental	48	34	10	3	4	8	0	2
Wiley
No limits	3749	1220	1941	781	830	32	424	265
Title/Abstract	73	7	1	1	3	0	11	6
Experimental	47	5	1	1	3	0	5	4
Scielo
No limits	125	32	19	1	0	1	1	0
Title/Abstract	32	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Experimental	12	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lilacs
No limits	381	230	181	20	54	32	82	26
Title/Abstract	49	73	11	4	8	1	32	9
Experimental	5	19	3	1	2	1	11	0
Web of Science
No limits	1590	200	96	14	30	21	55	17
Title/Abstract	339	43	7	3	8	11	18	2
Experimental	95	22	3	3	5	6	12	1