Prevalência de esquistossomose na cidade de Limoeiro Agreste de Pernambuco

Eliabi  Pereira da Silva; Josieli  da Silva Moura; Rhuanny  Danielly Marques de Almeida Silva; Antônio  Maurício Alves Neto

doi:10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i69p7936-7940

Authors

Eliabi Pereira da Silva Graduado em Ciências Biológicas pela Faculdade Integrada de Vitória de Santo Antão FAINTVISA. Mestrando em Educação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (Mestrado Profissional em Educação) da Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Campus Mata Norte, Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-6164
Josieli da Silva Moura Graduanda em Nutrição pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Centro Acadêmico de Vitória de Santo Antão (CAV). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-1883
Rhuanny Danielly Marques de Almeida Silva Graduanda em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Campus Mata Norte, Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7651-8517
Antônio Maurício Alves Neto Graduando em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Campus Mata Norte, Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6371-4946

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i69p7936-7940

Keywords:

Epidemiology, Schistosomiasis Control Program, Schistosomiasis.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the prevalence of schistosomiasis in the municipality of Limoeiro in the countryside of Pernambuco between 2014 and 2017. Method: To obtain the data, we used the coproscopic surveys of the Schistosomiasis Control Program (PCE) provided by the Municipal Health Secretary of Limoeiro - FOOT. Results: An incidence coefficient of 2.8% was found in the period from 2014 to 2017 of infection by Schistosoma mansoni in the city of Limoeiro in Agreste Pernambuco. The characterization of schistosomiasis patients in this region is a population aged between 18 and 65 years old, 75% male and 25% female. The survey reports that 20% of carriers are from urban areas and 80% are located in rural areas and only 50% of those infected have sought treatment. Conclusion: It is hoped that the results of this study will provide training for health professionals in the development of strategies, planning and execution of measures aimed at reducing the incidence of schistosomiasis in the region.