Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Barbosa,CS
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Araújo,KC, Antunes,L, Favre,T, Pieri,OS
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Texto Completo: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000900014
Resumo: Acute cases of schistosomiasis have been found on the coastal area of Pernambuco, Brazil, due to environmental disturbances and disorderly occupation of the urban areas. This study identifies and spatially marks the main foci of the snail host species, Biomphalaria glabrata on Itamaracá Island. The chaotic occupation of the beach resorts has favoured the emergence of transmission foci, thus exposing residents and tourists to the risk of infection. A database covering five years of epidemiological investigation on snails infected by Schistosoma mansoni in the island was produced with information from the geographic positioning of the foci, number of snails collected, number of snails tested positive, and their infection rate. The spatial position of the foci were recorded through the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the geographical coordinates were imported by AutoCad. The software packages ArcView and Spring were used for data processing and spatial analysis. AutoCad 2000 was used to plot the pairs of coordinates obtained from GPS. Between 1998 and 2002 5009 snails, of which 12.2% were positive for S. mansoni, were collected in Forte Beach. A total of 27 foci and areas of environmental risk were identified and spatially analyzed allowing the identification of the areas exposed to varying degrees of risk.
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spelling Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazilschistosomiasisspatial distributionvectors controlGlobal Positioning SystemPernambucoBrasilAcute cases of schistosomiasis have been found on the coastal area of Pernambuco, Brazil, due to environmental disturbances and disorderly occupation of the urban areas. This study identifies and spatially marks the main foci of the snail host species, Biomphalaria glabrata on Itamaracá Island. The chaotic occupation of the beach resorts has favoured the emergence of transmission foci, thus exposing residents and tourists to the risk of infection. A database covering five years of epidemiological investigation on snails infected by Schistosoma mansoni in the island was produced with information from the geographic positioning of the foci, number of snails collected, number of snails tested positive, and their infection rate. The spatial position of the foci were recorded through the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the geographical coordinates were imported by AutoCad. The software packages ArcView and Spring were used for data processing and spatial analysis. AutoCad 2000 was used to plot the pairs of coordinates obtained from GPS. Between 1998 and 2002 5009 snails, of which 12.2% were positive for S. mansoni, were collected in Forte Beach. A total of 27 foci and areas of environmental risk were identified and spatially analyzed allowing the identification of the areas exposed to varying degrees of risk.Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde2004-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000900014Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.99 suppl.1 2004reponame:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzinstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruzinstacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0074-02762004000900014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBarbosa,CSAraújo,KCAntunes,LFavre,TPieri,OSeng2020-04-25T17:49:21Zhttp://www.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php0074-02761678-8060opendoar:null2020-04-26 02:12:57.373Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruztrue
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
title Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
spellingShingle Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
Barbosa,CS
schistosomiasis
spatial distribution
vectors control
Global Positioning System
Pernambuco
Brasil
title_short Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
title_fullStr Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
title_sort Spatial distribution of schistosomiasis foci on Itamaracá Island, Pernambuco, Brazil
author Barbosa,CS
author_facet Barbosa,CS
Araújo,KC
Antunes,L
Favre,T
Pieri,OS
author_role author
author2 Araújo,KC
Antunes,L
Favre,T
Pieri,OS
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barbosa,CS
Araújo,KC
Antunes,L
Favre,T
Pieri,OS
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv schistosomiasis
spatial distribution
vectors control
Global Positioning System
Pernambuco
Brasil
topic schistosomiasis
spatial distribution
vectors control
Global Positioning System
Pernambuco
Brasil
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Acute cases of schistosomiasis have been found on the coastal area of Pernambuco, Brazil, due to environmental disturbances and disorderly occupation of the urban areas. This study identifies and spatially marks the main foci of the snail host species, Biomphalaria glabrata on Itamaracá Island. The chaotic occupation of the beach resorts has favoured the emergence of transmission foci, thus exposing residents and tourists to the risk of infection. A database covering five years of epidemiological investigation on snails infected by Schistosoma mansoni in the island was produced with information from the geographic positioning of the foci, number of snails collected, number of snails tested positive, and their infection rate. The spatial position of the foci were recorded through the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the geographical coordinates were imported by AutoCad. The software packages ArcView and Spring were used for data processing and spatial analysis. AutoCad 2000 was used to plot the pairs of coordinates obtained from GPS. Between 1998 and 2002 5009 snails, of which 12.2% were positive for S. mansoni, were collected in Forte Beach. A total of 27 foci and areas of environmental risk were identified and spatially analyzed allowing the identification of the areas exposed to varying degrees of risk.
description Acute cases of schistosomiasis have been found on the coastal area of Pernambuco, Brazil, due to environmental disturbances and disorderly occupation of the urban areas. This study identifies and spatially marks the main foci of the snail host species, Biomphalaria glabrata on Itamaracá Island. The chaotic occupation of the beach resorts has favoured the emergence of transmission foci, thus exposing residents and tourists to the risk of infection. A database covering five years of epidemiological investigation on snails infected by Schistosoma mansoni in the island was produced with information from the geographic positioning of the foci, number of snails collected, number of snails tested positive, and their infection rate. The spatial position of the foci were recorded through the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the geographical coordinates were imported by AutoCad. The software packages ArcView and Spring were used for data processing and spatial analysis. AutoCad 2000 was used to plot the pairs of coordinates obtained from GPS. Between 1998 and 2002 5009 snails, of which 12.2% were positive for S. mansoni, were collected in Forte Beach. A total of 27 foci and areas of environmental risk were identified and spatially analyzed allowing the identification of the areas exposed to varying degrees of risk.
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