Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil

dc.creatorBarbosa, Constança Simões
dc.creatorAraújo, Karina Conceição
dc.creatorSevilla, Manuel Alexander Amarista
dc.creatorMelo, Fabio
dc.creatorGomes, Elainne Christine de Souza
dc.creatorSouza-Santos, Reinaldo
dc.date2018-04-25T15:48:14Z
dc.date2018-04-25T15:48:14Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:55:18Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:55:18Z
dc.identifierBARBOSA, C. S. et al. Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 105, n. 4, p. 549–554, jul. 2010.
dc.identifier1678-8060
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/26097
dc.identifier10.1590/S0074-02762010000400034
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8866192
dc.descriptionUncontrolled peripheral urbanisation coupled with environmental degradation has affected the status of schistosomiasis in Pernambuco (PE), Brazil. This endemic disease continues to perpetuate its transmission in rural areas and has also become a cause for concern in coastal towns of the state. The lack of basic infrastructure (sanitation and health programmes) to support the new urban areas leads to faecal contamination of natural aquatic environments, resulting in consequent infection of vector snails and the emergence of new sources of schistosomiasis transmission. In the present paper, we discuss the current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in PE. We have consolidated and analysed information from parasitological, malacological and morbidity surveys undertaken by the group of researchers at the Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães-Fiocruz. The results of our analysis show: (i) the maintenance of the levels of schistosomiasis in the rural Zona da Mata, PE, (ii) the record of the human cases of schistosomiasis and the foci of infected snails detected along the coast of PE through 2007, (iii) the high record of the severe clinical form of schistosomiasis in the metropolitan region of Recife (RMR) and (iv) new breeding sites of schistosomiasis vector snails that were identified in a 2008 survey covering the RMR and the coastal localities of PE.
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dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectEsquistossomose
dc.subjectVigilância epidemiológica
dc.subjectDoenças endêmicas
dc.subjectSchistosomiasis
dc.subjectEpidemiological monitoring
dc.subjectEndemic diseases
dc.subjectAdulto
dc.subjectAnimais
dc.subjectBiomphalaria / parasitologia
dc.subjectBrasil / epidemiologia
dc.subjectCriança
dc.subjectVetores de Doença
dc.subjectDoenças endêmicas
dc.subjectFezes / parasitologia
dc.subjectFêmea
dc.subjectPesquisas de Saúde
dc.subjectHumanos
dc.subjectMasculino
dc.subjectMeia idade
dc.subjectPrevalência
dc.subjectPopulação rural
dc.subjectSchistosoma mansoni
dc.subjectEsquistossomose / epidemiologia
dc.subjectEsquistossomose mansoni / epidemiologia
dc.subjectAdulto jovem
dc.titleCurrent epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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