Distribuição da esquistossomose no espaço urbano. 1. O caso da região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Abstract

This article characterizes the etiological conditions for schistosomiasis mansoni in the urban portion of the Greater Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Knowledge about this endemic disease is discussed with a clinical focus on subjects who lived in endemic areas from 1946 to 1994, taking into account the specific indicators for the endemic disease according to the measures adopted in its control.

Aspectos ultrassonográficos associados à morbidade de formas clínicas crônicas de esquistossomose mansônica, utilizando-se protocolo proposto pela Organização Mundial da Saúde

“…The prevalence of clinical presentations of the disease in the present study corroborates data reported in the literature, which indicate that the predominant clinical presentation in endemic areas is the intestinal one (50.0-70.0%), followed by the hepatointestinal (20.0-40.0%) and the by the hepatosplenic form (1.0-10.0%) (13) . Since the introduction of the treatment with ap- propriate drugs, a sharp decrease in the rate of severe forms of schistosomiasis, with the mild presentation of disease becoming more frequent (14) .…”

Acute schistosomiasis outbreak in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: alert about the risk of unnoticed transmission increased by growing rural tourism

“…However, a lot of positive non-symptomatic carriers escaped. They maintain the disease on lower prevalence levels and trigger spreading of the disease into uninfected areas (Carmo & Baretto 1994, Amorim 1997, Coura-Filho 1997a, Barbosa 1998, Grault et al 1998). In our case, this group is represented through the infected, nonsymptomatic residents of the site who were not detected through the common health system.…”

Prevalência e fatores associados às geo-helmintíases em crianças residentes em municípios com baixo IDH no Norte e Nordeste brasileiros

“…A ocupação de áreas perifé-ricas das cidades nas quais as condições de saneamento são deficitárias torna a qualidade de vida não muito diferente da área rural ou, muitas vezes, em piores condições 12 propiciando a transmissão das parasitoses intestinais 13,14 .…”