Epidemiological Analysis of Schistosomiasis Mansonica in the Municipality of Bacuri (Endemic Area of the western lowland of the State of Maranhão - Brazil) between 2011 and 2020

• Autor(a) principal: Leite, Cristina Limeira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Iraciane Rodrigues Nascimento, Oliveira, Maria Rita Sodré, Severo, Analyta Rodrigues, Branco, Christina Wyss Castelo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/21708
• topic: Schistossoma mansoni; Epidemiology; Public health; Lowland of Maranhão.; Esquistossomose; Epidemiologia; Saúde pública; Baixada do Maranhão.; Schistossoma mansoni; Esquistosomiasis; Epidemiología; Salud pública; Tierras bajas de Maranhão.

Schistosomiasis mansoni is considered a public health problem that, besides causing several health problems, has led many people to death. In several Brazilian municipalities, the local population is exposed to causative agents of schistosomiasis, being the diagnosis and treatment of paramount importance. The aim of this study was to investigate schistosomiasis’ epidemiology in the Municipality of Bacuri-MA, located in an area considered as endemic. This is a descriptive retrospective epidemiological study of documentary type, with a quali-quantitative approach, with data collection between 2011 and 2020. The municipality had a high prevalence and incidence of schistosomiasis, since from an average of 30% of the population evaluated, the average incidence of positivity was 17.8%. There was evidence of a temporal increase trend for the percentage of positive locations for schistosomiasis, an increase in the number of people to be treated and an increase in the number of untreated people over the years.