Epidemiological profile of people affected by botulism in Brazil between 2008 and 2018

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Alison Pontes da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lima, Brenda Tamires de Medeiros, Cândido, Marília de Barros, Araújo, Januse Millia Dantas de, Duarte, Allana Brunna Sucupira, Andrade Júnior, Francisco Patricio de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/2891
• topic: Botulism; Botulinum toxins; Clostridium botulinum; Epidemiology.; Botulismo; Toxinas botulínicas; Clostridium botulinum; Epidemiología.; Botulismo; Toxinas Botulínicas; Clostridium botulinum; Epidemiologia.

Botulism presents as a bacterial infection, neuroparalytic and non-contagious infection caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum, called botulinum toxins. However, even though this disease has a high lethality, there is a great lack of epidemiological studies on this topic in Brazil. Based on that, this research aimed to trace the epidemiological profile of botulism in Brazil between the years 2008 to 2018. It is an epidemiological, retrospective, analytical and documentary study, in which data were collected from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. Between 2008 and 2018, 69 cases of botulism confirmed in Brazil were evidenced, with the state of São Paulo having the highest number of notifications (30.5%). The profile of those affected was mostly male (58%), low education (26%), 20 to 39 years old (47.8%), white ethnicity (59.4%), residents of the urban area ( 85.5%), contracted botulism, mainly food-type (94.2%), with the presence of AB toxins (15.9%) and clinical cure outcome (68.1%). Thus, the data present in this research can contribute to the development of indicators and public policies related to botulism.