Epidemia de esquistossomose aguda na praia de Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brasil

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confidence: 99%

Cytokine profile associated with chronic and acute human schistosomiasis mansoni

Morais

Souza

Melo

et al. 2008

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“…However, it is gradually expanding into some coastal regions of the state of Pernambuco, due to the exodus of rural workers to the urban areas, resulting in unusual outbreaks of acute schistosomiasis (Barbosa et al 1998(Barbosa et al , 2000(Barbosa et al , 2001. Although immunological responses have been extensively examined in chronic patients, relatively few studies have been carried out with human acute schistosomiasis (Montenegro et al 1999, Ribeiro de Jesus et al 2002.…”

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Treatment of human acute schistosomiasis with oxamniquine induces an increase in interferon-gamma response to Schistosoma mansoni antigens

Souza¹,

Morais

Aroucha³

et al. 2007

“…Several occurrences have been reported in the metropolitan regions of Belo Horizonte (Enk et al 2003, Massara et al 2008, Recife (Barbosa et al 2000(Barbosa et al , 2001a and Aracaju (de Jesus et al 2002) and in the countryside of São Paulo (Tomé et al 2003). The present paper confirms this observation and corroborates previous reports of increasing schistosomiasis transmission, especially in urban areas where mostly middle and upper class people, who have never been in contact with the disease, are becoming infected and suffering from the acute form of schistosomiasis.…”

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“…Together with the development of the tourism business and a lack of basic sanitation infrastructure, schistosomiasis cases have been frequently recorded in several Brazilian regions (Barbosa et al 2000, 2001a, b, de Jesus et al 2002, Tomé et al 2003, Enk et al 2003, Massara et al 2008). Many of the tourists, who have never been exposed to the disease, can develop its acute form.…”

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Rural tourism: a risk factor for schistosomiasis transmission in Brazil

Enk¹,

Amaral

Silva

et al. 2010

This paper reports an outbreak of acute schistosomiasis among 38 tourists who rented a country house in the district of Igarapé, the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during a holiday period in 2006. A total number of 32 individuals were positive for Schistosoma mansoni. Results of stool examinations revealed individual S. mansoni egg counts per gram of faeces (epg) ranging from 4-768 epg with a geometric mean egg count of 45. The most frequent clinical symptoms were abdominal pain (78.1%), headache (75%), fever (65.6%), dry cough (65.2%) and both diarrhoea and asthenia (59.4%). A malacological survey of the area, where 22 specimens of Biomphalaria glabrata were collected, revealed three (13.6%) specimens eliminating Schistosoma cercariae. This investigation re-confirms a recently described pattern of schistosomiasis infection, resulting in the acute form of the disease and connected to rural tourism, which contributes to the spread of the disease among the middle-class and into non-endemic areas. The lack of specific knowledge about acute schistosomiasis among health services causes an increased number of unnecessary diagnostic procedures and delays in accurate diagnosis and treatment, resulting in considerable discomfort for the patients