Fatores de risco em contatos intradomiciliares de pacientes com hanseníase utilizando variáveis clínicas, sociodemográficas e laboratoriais

A confiabilidade dos registros de informações no Sistema de Informação em Saúde: vigilância de contatos intradomiciliares de hanseníase

“…The epidemiological investigation of reported cases should be carried out through the evaluation of persons who live or have lived in the household or outside it with the patient. This leads to the source of infection and recognizes other cases originating from the same index case, the communicant, which, when diagnosed early, can break the chain of transmission 20 In this study, the IDCs were mostly females; in other investigations, females were also predominant with reports of 59.1%, 21 59.6%, 22 50.3%, 23 and 51.1% 24 .…”

“…The evaluation of IDCs is a challenge for the leprosy control program when considering the separation of cohabiting along the years and the difficulties for the health service to locate them and bring them to the clinic for evaluation and administration of the BCG vaccine. In recent years, the monitoring of leprosy IDCs outside their domicile has been widely discussed by researchers in the area, stressing that the recovery of control and expansion beyond the family circle, involving social contacts in routine activities is important 2,23,24 .…”

“…The health professional should be skilled and cautious in the indication of BCG-ID, which needs to be indicated when any possibility of leprosy diagnosis has been excluded. Continuation of case research rather than BCG administration should proceed if the patient shows signs and symptoms characteristic of the disease 2,3,24 .…”

O domicílio como importante fator de transmissão da hanseníase

“…It is also pointed out in studies carried out in various scenarios and methodologies, a higher risk of getting sick from these household contacts of leprosy. [6][7][8] It is warned that the risk of the disease is higher in the first year after the diagnosis of the index patient and that, if the patient is treated, the likelihood of disease between home contacts tends to fall, although secondary cases may arise due to the long incubation period of the agent or over long exposure to the bacillus. 9 Afirma-se, ainda, que "é importante ter em mente que um indivíduo pode estar infectado, mas não mostrar sinais da doença".…”

“…Tests such as ML Flow and anti LDI 1 (Leprosy Infectious Disease Research Institute Diagnostic-1), NDO-LID (Natural Octyl Disaccharide -Leprosy Infectious Disease Research Institute Diagnostic-1) and NDO-HSA ( Natural Disaccharide Linked to Human Serum Albumin by Octyl), which can be performed on contacts, as various studies show. 8, This study aims to demonstrate the importance of the household as a factor of transmission of leprosy, to identify the profile of households and household contacts in households with one or INTRODUCTION https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/index more cases of leprosy after notification of the first case of the disease.…”