First report of schistosomiasis on Serrambi beach, Ipojuca, State of Pernambuco

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Verônica Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Guimarães, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e, Loyo, Rodrigo Moraes, Marcelino, Silas, Barbosa, Constança Simões
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
• Texto Completo: https://patua.iec.gov.br/handle/iec/2054
• topic: Esquistossomose mansoni / diagnóstico; Inquéritos Epidemiológicos; Sistemas de Informação Geográfica; Região Nordeste (BR); Pernambuco (PE)

Introduction: The expansion of schistosomiasis to previously unaffected areas is being monitored by identifying new cases andgeoreferencing outbreaks of vector snails. Methods: In 2014, the Laboratório de Esquistossomose began an epidemiological survey in Serrambi and registered 2,574 people living there. Results: Of these subjects, 1,414 (54.9 percent) underwent fecesexamination and 63 (4.5 percent) were diagnosed with Schistosoma mansoni infection. At this locality, seven breeding sites each were identified for Biomphalaria straminea and Biomphalaria glabrata. At two sites, B. glabrata were shedding cercariae.Conclusions: Implementing preventive measures is necessary to avoid the establishment of schistosomiasis in yet another tourist locality, Pernambuco.