Chagas Disease in the North Region of Brazil: Analysis of cases in the period from 2010 to 2019

• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Francisco Cezar Aquino de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Passos, Ellen Sabrinna dos Remédios, Costa, Paula Moraes, Pessoa, Fernando Rocha, Lopes, Leidiana de Jesus Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14193
• topic: Chagas Disease; Epidemiology; Health Profile; Latin America.; Doença de Chagas; Epidemiologia; Perfil de Saúde; América latina.; Enfermedad de Chagas; Epidemiología; Perfil de Salud; América latina.

This article aims to present data referring to the North Region (NR) of Brazil regarding the number of new cases of Acute Chagas Disease (ACD) between 2010 to 2019, in the constituent states (Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and the Tocantins), correlated with social factors that act for the persistence of the disease in certain locations. This is a descriptive, qualitative and quantitative study. Data were collected, analyzed, and organized regarding the number of cases of ACD across the five regions of Brazil (Midwest, Northeast, North, Southeast, and South) in the period from 2010 to 2019, focusing on the states that make up the NR, through of the tab that operates on the internet (TABNET) of the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). The data collected from Chagas Disease (CD) in different Brazilian regions showed that the largest number of new cases of CD in the period from 2010 to 2019 were concentrated in NR, with a significant number of incidents located in the state of Pará. 54.27% of those diagnosed were male, education in most cases was reported as ignored (91.67%) and the most likely mode of infection was oral, with 78.54%. In this sense, DC still basically threatens the most vulnerable regions in Latin America. It is, therefore, extremely important to promote public actions aimed at mitigating this public health problem, based on equity and promoting quality of life for the population.