2008
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2008000200006
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Epidemiologia da Leishmaniose Tegumentar e descrição das populações de flebotomíneos no município de Acrelândia, Acre, Brasil

Abstract: São apresentadas neste artigo a distribuição da leishmaniose tegumentar (LT) e descrição das populações de flebotomíneos em Acrelândia, Acre. Os dados epidemiológicos foram obtidos a partir de fichas de notificação de casos ocorridos entre 2001 e 2004, e os dados entomológicos são provenientes de capturas com armadilhas luminosas efetuadas entre 2004 e 2005 na zona rural de Acrelândia. Ocorreram 82 novos casos de LT, com idade entre 2 e 69 anos, sendo 75,6% em homens e 83,9% na zona rural. Predominou a LT com … Show more

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“…Inconsistent data as to clinical and epidemiological conditions are limiting factors for this kind of study. Beyond that, one cannot overlook the possibility of under notification, because the majority of cases notified in Xapuri are of rural origin and from areas of difficult access, as has also been reported in other localities in Acre 29 . Despite these limitation, the existing information may provide the health and surveillance organs with data for the control, prevention and management of ACL in the municipality.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Inconsistent data as to clinical and epidemiological conditions are limiting factors for this kind of study. Beyond that, one cannot overlook the possibility of under notification, because the majority of cases notified in Xapuri are of rural origin and from areas of difficult access, as has also been reported in other localities in Acre 29 . Despite these limitation, the existing information may provide the health and surveillance organs with data for the control, prevention and management of ACL in the municipality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Para a formulação do instrumento de coleta, utilizaram-se conceitos relevantes sobre a doença, baseados em trabalhos semelhantes descritos na literatura (7,(21)(22)(23)(24)(25) . Elaborou-se um questionário autoaplicável com 9 perguntas objetivas, compostas por 6 opções de resposta com somente uma alternativa correta.…”
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“…As a result, this region is undergoing rapid changes in environmental conditions that directly impact the population of sandfly vectors and therefore disease transmission. Knowledge of the geographical distribution of phlebotomine sandflies responsible for ACL transmission is still scarce for some regions, such as in Acre state, where the disease is endemic (Martins & Silva 1964, Arias et al 1984, Silva-Nunes et al 2008). Approximately 3,538 cases were reported between 2010 and 2013 in Acre, being 918 notifications registered only in the Rio Branco municipality and without records of visceral manifestation of the disease in the state (SINAN 2015).…”
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confidence: 99%