Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da malária em um hospital universitário de Belém, Estado do Pará, Brasil

Monteiro, Márcia Regina Pereira; Ribeiro, Mayani Costa; Fernandes, Suellen Costa

doi:10.5123/s2176-62232013000200005

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“…Embora a malária represente uma das principais doenças infecciosas na região amazônica, não foram registrados relatos nos últimos 30 dias. Esse aspecto talvez seja explicado pelo período de coleta de dados que ocorreu durante as cheias, quando o ambiente é menos favorável à proliferação do vetor transmissor da doença 31 e por consequência à ocorrência de casos 32 .…”

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Inquérito de saúde em comunidades ribeirinhas do Amazonas, Brasil

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Population-based health surveys are important tools for identifying disease determinants, especially in regions with widely dispersed populations and low health system coverage. The aim of this study was to describe the principal methodological aspects and to describe the socioeconomic, demographic, and health characteristics of the riverine populations of Coari, Amazonas State, Brazil. This was a population-based cross-sectional study in river-dwelling communities in the rural area of Coari, from April to July 2015. The probabilistic cluster sample consisted of 492 individuals. The results showed that the majority of the river-dwellers were females (53%), had up to 9 years of schooling (68.5%), and earned a monthly family income equivalent to one-third the minimum wage. The health problems reported in the previous 30 days featured conditions involving pain (45.2%). The main healthcare resources were allopathic medicines (70.3%), exceeding herbal remedies (44.3%). The river-dwellers travel an average of 60.4km and take some 4.2 hours to reach the urban area of Coari. The riverine population generally presents low economic status and limited access to the urban area. Health problems are mostly solved with allopathic medicines. Geographic characteristics, as barriers to access to health services and to improvements in living conditions for the riverine population, can limit the collection of epidemiological data on these populations.

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“…Esse resultado, provavelmente, deve-se ao fato de geralmente os homens trabalharem com a agricultura, pesca e extração mineral, chegando muitas vezes a manter contato com locais de criadouros do mosquito vetor da doença, sobretudo em regiões onde a malária se apresenta de forma endêmica. (MONTEIRO et al, 2013;SOUSA et al, 2015). Por outro lado, a maioria das mulheres desenvolve suas atividades diárias no ambiente doméstico ou nas proximidades de suas residências ou no peridomicílio.…”

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Casos De Malária Registrados No Município De Cândido Mendes, Maranhão, No Período De 2009-2014

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“…The clinical symptoms of P. vivax infection differ and even asymptomatic subjects have been reported in the Amazon [ 65 , 66 ]. However, fever, headache, and shivering are highly associated with disease manifestation [ 67 – 69 ]. Usually the clinical features are accompanied by elevated levels of TNF, IFN- γ , IL1, IL4, IL6, and IL10 in serum and/or plasma [ 70 – 73 ].…”

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Biomarkers of Mercury Exposure in the Amazon

Castro

Lima

2014

BioMed Research International

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Mercury exposure in the Amazon has been studied since the 1980s decade and the assessment of human mercury exposure in the Amazon is difficult given that the natural occurrence of this metal is high and the concentration of mercury in biological samples of this population exceeds the standardized value of normality established by WHO. Few studies have focused on the discovery of mercury biomarkers in the region's population. In this way, some studies have used genetics as well as immunological and cytogenetic tools in order to find a molecular biomarker for assessing the toxicological effect of mercury in the Amazonian population. Most of those studies focused attention on the relation between mercury exposure and autoimmunity and, because of that, they will be discussed in more detail. Here we introduce the general aspects involved with each biomarker that was studied in the region in order to contextualize the reader and add information about the Amazonian life style and health that may be considered for future studies. We hope that, in the future, the toxicological studies in this field use high technological tools, such as the next generation sequencing and proteomics skills, in order to comprehend basic questions regarding the metabolic route of mercury in populations that are under constant exposure, such as in the Amazon.

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Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da malária em um hospital universitário de Belém, Estado do Pará, Brasil

Cited by 18 publications

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Inquérito de saúde em comunidades ribeirinhas do Amazonas, Brasil

Inquérito de saúde em comunidades ribeirinhas do Amazonas, Brasil

Casos De Malária Registrados No Município De Cândido Mendes, Maranhão, No Período De 2009-2014

Biomarkers of Mercury Exposure in the Amazon

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