A cross-sectional study on the prevalence and morbidity of schistosomiasis was conducted in the main settlement of the municipality of Alhandra, in the southern coastal region of the state of Paraíba, in 2010. The results of this study were compared with the results of a previous study conducted in the same area in 1979. The systematic sampling per family conglomerate included approximately 10% of the resident population in the urban area of Alhandra. Faecal examinations were performed using the Kato-Katz method. The clinical forms of the disease were classified in accordance with FS Barbosa as Type I - intestinal form, Type II - hepatointestinal form and Type III - hepatosplenic form. The prevalence of the infection in 2010 was 10.05%, whereas in 1979 it was 46.6% among untreated patients. The percentages of the three clinical forms in 2010 were as follows: 95.3% Type I, 4.6% Type II and 0% Type III; in 1979, the percentages were 94.4%, 3% and 2.6% for Types I, II and III, respectively. In 1979, 6.07% of the Biomphalaria glabrata specimens (the intermediate host in this area) excreted cercariae, where in 2010 only 1.27% of the specimens caught excreted the parasite.
, Ailton Melo 5 RESUMO -Este estudo contou com uma amostra de 110 pacientes epilépticos residentes no Cariri paraibano, tendo sido desenvolvido em três etapas sucessivas. Durante a primeira etapa, aplicou-se a ficha epidemiológica visando identificar fatores de risco associados ao complexo teníase-cisticercose na etiologia da epilepsia dos pacientes. A segunda etapa consistiu em exames imunológicos dos 110 pacientes com a utilização da técnica EITB para a identificação de anticorpos séricos anti-cisticercos, e da técnica ELISA para a presença de antígenos circulantes. Na terceira etapa, treze pacientes com sorologia considerada positiva foram submetidos a exames tomográficos. A partir da aplicação do questionário, foram detectados alguns fatores de risco. A soroprevalência constatada foi 118,2/1000 habitantes. Dos 13 pacientes com sorologia positiva para cisticercose, 46,1% têm lesões sugestivas de cisticercose de localização pare n q u i m a t o s a . Conclui-se que os municípios estudados apresentam perfil epidemiológico compatível com a ocorrência do complexo teníase-cisticercose e que a cisticercose possivelmente desempenhe papel importante no surg i m e n t o da epilepsia nesses pacientes.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: cisticercose, epilepsia, soroprevalência, complexo teníase-cisticercose.Cysticercosis re s e a rch in epileptic patients dwelling in towns of the western Cariri in the State of Paraíba, Brazil ABSTRACT -This research involved a sample of 110 epileptic patients from western Cariri, Paraíba, Brazil and it has been developed in three successive phases. During the first one, an epidemiological form was applied with the aim of identifying risk factors related to the taeniasis cysticercosis complex in the etiology of the patients' epilepsy. The second phase consisted of immunological exams of 110 patients, by means of the EITB technique to identify the anti-cysticerci serum antibodies, whereas the presence of circ u l a t i n g antigens was verified through the ELISA technique. In the third phase, thirteen patients who were seropositive, were submitted to brain CT scan. Applying the questionnaire enabled us to know some risk factors. The sero p revalence detected was 118.2/1000 inhabitants. Out of the 13 seropositive patients for c y s t i c e rcosis, 46.1% presented parenchymal cysticercotical damage. Based on these results, we are able to conclude that the studed towns reveal an epidemiological profile which is compatible with the occurre n c e of the taeniasis cysticercosis complex and cysticercosis plays an important role in the sprouting of epilepsy in these patients.KEY WORDS: cysticercosis, epilepsy, seroprevalence, taeniasis cysticercosis complex.No Brasil, existem diversos tipos de endemias parasitárias cuja origem remonta à carência de saneamento básico e de educação sanitária, porém nenhuma delas parece tão fácil de ser erradicada quanto a cisticercose. Isto porque se trata de uma a n t ropozoonose em que o suíno aparece tão-somente como uma vítima dos maus hábitos de higiene do ser humano. Assim sendo...
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