| Revista: | Revista brasileira em promocao da saude |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000369110 |
| ISSN: | 1806-1230 |
| Autors: | Lima, Mary Braga de1 Batista, Eliana Araujo R2 |
| Institucions: | 1Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual do Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil |
| Any: | 2009 |
| Volum: | 22 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Paginació: | 16-23 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Portugués |
| Tipo de documento: | Estadística o encuesta |
| Enfoque: | Analítico |
| Resumen en inglés | Objective: To analyze the epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in the city of Fortaleza-CE, during the period of 2001 to 2007 and its distribution by Executive Regional Secretariat (SER). Methods: Data were collected in the Epidemiological Monitoring cell of the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS) of Fortaleza, through a survey on the prevalence of human VL disease per year, according to sex, age, number of cases by SER and lethality rate. Results: Among the 1051 cases with the sex identification, 685 were males, representing 65.1%; the most affected age group was 1 to 4 years old with 240 cases (22.8%); the highest incidence was observed in 2007 at SER III (21.9 / 100,000 inhab.) and 51 deaths were recorded in the period at the capital, due to the condition. Conclusion: This study showed that VL in the city of Fortaleza is in a process of urbanization, in which the number of cases is increasing over the years and following in the direction of central SER areas. It was observed that SER III, V and VI are those that most require investments to control this disease |
| Disciplines | Medicina |
| Paraules clau: | Microbiología, Salud pública, Leishmaniasis visceral, Epidemiología, Tendencias, Fortaleza, Control |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Microbiology, Public health, Visceral leishmaniasis, Epidemiology, Trends, Fortaleza, Control |
| Text complet: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
