2006
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2006000200005
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Leishmaniose Tegumentar Americana (LTA) em uma vila de exploração de minérios - Pitinga, município de Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brasil

Abstract: The village of Pitinga, Presidente Figueiredo, AM, is a mining area and endemic for American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL). The village is the administrative office of the mine and where mining workers live. This study presents the profile of ACL in the 2000-2004 period. The highest prevalence of ACL occurs in male individuals with forest-related activities. The reduction in the number of ACL cases in the study area was not observed in the municipality and the state, a fact probably related to the disease cont… Show more

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“…Similar results have been observed in other regions of Brazil 11 . However, in the current study the similar rates in males and females suggest the same risk of acquiring the disease.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Similar results have been observed in other regions of Brazil 11 . However, in the current study the similar rates in males and females suggest the same risk of acquiring the disease.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The proportion between infected men and women is similar to other literature information. Also similar was the average age of patients, most of them young adults (Chagas et al 2006;Guerra et al 2006, Coelho et al 2011.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…Segundo Uchôa et al (2004), o conhecimento da população sobre a leishmaniose muitas vezes é restrito nas regiões de sua ocorrência, consequentemente, levando ao retardo na procura do diagnóstico e do tratamento, sendo as populações rurais de área endêmica as mais carentes de informação. Desse modo, na maioria das vezes o conhecimento sobre a enfermidade restringe-se às pessoas que já tiveram a doença ou àquelas que já tiveram casos na família ou vizinhos, ocorrendo desinformação sobre a transmissão e o tratamento, dificultando o estabelecimento de estratégias de controle (CHAGAS et al, 2006;UCHÔA et al, 2004).…”
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