Malária entre populações indígenas do Brasil

Mello, Darli A. A.

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“…In 1999, 610,000 cases of malaria were registered in Brazil and 99% of them, in the Amazon region (Funasa 2000). The number of cases di- A significant part of the Amazon Basin inhabitants is constituted of Amerindians, and the introduction of diseases, like malaria, influences their growth rate, as reported by Ribeiro (1956), Lizot (1980), and Mello (1985). The Yanomami ethnic group represents one of the biggest Amerindian communities, estimated to have 22,786 members and live in small isolated villages at the BrazilianVenezuelan border.…”

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Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two Yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela

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Tosta

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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two Yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela

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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…No entanto, a malária causada pelo P. falciparum parece haver sido introduzida na América na época da colonização, através das rotas do tráfico de escravos provenientes da África (Bruce-Chwatt, 1987;Zago et al, 1995). Esta última hipótese não deixa de ser corroborada por Mello (1985), quando afirma que a malária causada pelo P. falciparum, e também pelos P. vivax e P. malariae, veio da Ásia e África para a América por intermédio dos colonizadores europeus.…”

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Doenças Endêmicas: abordagens sociais, culturais e comportamentais

Barata¹,

Briceño-León²

2000

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“…Development programmes in Brazil starting from the latter half of the 19th century prompted migration flows of white populations to the Amazon basin, triggering malaria epidemics. Since the 1970s, health authorities became concerned about the alarming decline in indigenous populations and scientific research confirmed that one of the predominant causes of mortality was P. falciparum malaria [ 17 ]. The renewed malaria control efforts have been successful, resulting in a 50% decrease of malaria cases in Brazil from 2000 to 2012 [ 18 ], particularly P. falciparum malaria, however this is not the case for indigenous populations.…”

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Urban and architectural risk factors for malaria in indigenous Amazonian settlements in Brazil: a typological analysis

Leandro-Reguillo¹,

Thomson-Luque

Monteiro

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Malar J

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In the Amazon, m alaria is highly endemic in indigenous populations, which are often considered one of the last barriers to malaria elimination due to geographic isolation. Although the improvement of housing conditions is a good strategy towards the control and prevention of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, this preventive practice has been barely undertaken in Latin America. An analysis of the architectural and urban features of indigenous Amazonian populations is essential to define and adapt these vector control measures. A total of 32 villages of 29 different ethnicities were studied and mapped by reviewing literature and visual information, and using a geographic information system. The most important architectural and urban characteristics influencing malaria were analysed according to the following categories: number of households and dimensions, supporting area, openings, materials, lifespan and location. Housing typologies found were classified within each of these variables. The results of this typological analysis included an easy-to-handle working template and revealing of features that benefit or hamper the presence of malaria vectors in Amerindians communities. Among risk factors, presence of open eaves, permeable walls, open-side constructions, large number of sleepers indoors, temporary-ephemeral houses, linear villages along stream banks, houseboats villages, poor urban drainage and villages surrounded by anthropogenic environments were highlighted. Indigenous settlements very permissive for anophelines were identified in ethnic groups, such as the Yanomami, Palikur, Paumari, Waimiri-Atroari and Wajãpi. Positive features were also recognized, including opaque and closed houses, large radial villages on bare soil, highly elevated stilted houses and the fire indoors, found among the Yawalapiti, Ashaninka, and Gavião-Parkatejê tribes. However, as Amazonian indigenous settlement typologies vary greatly even among villages of the same ethnic group, it is imperative to undertake an individual study for each community. Using the working template in Amazonian settlements it is possible to obtain data that will help researchers not only understand how architectural and urban features affect transmission, but also define vector control measures easily applicable by health authorities and acceptable by these communities.

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Malária entre populações indígenas do Brasil

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Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two Yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela

Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two Yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela

Doenças Endêmicas: abordagens sociais, culturais e comportamentais

Urban and architectural risk factors for malaria in indigenous Amazonian settlements in Brazil: a typological analysis

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