Schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil): IV. Study on the public awareness of its risks in the Palha District

Silva, Rubens Antonio da; Carvalho, Maria Esther de; Zacharias, Fabiana; Lima, Valquíria R. de; Teles, Horacio Manuel Santana

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762002000900004

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“…Control of the disease is aiming at reducing morbidity and mortality using chemotherapy rather than preventing infection itself (5). However, a number of studies indicated the importance of having detailed information on what the community knows about the infection and socio-cultural factors that influence community's perception about the disease, to make the control of schistosomiasis more effective and sustainable in endemic areas (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12).…”

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Community’s awareness about intestinal schistosomiasis and the prevalence of infection in two endemic localities of Ethiopia

Legesse¹,

Cr²,

Singh³

et al. 2011

Ethiop J Health Sci

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BACKGROU D:Intestinal schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni(S. mansoni) infection is a widely distributed disease in several localities of Ethiopia. However, very limited information is available on the level of community's awareness about the disease. The aim of this study was to assess community's awareness about intestinal schistosomiasis as well as the prevalence of the disease in two rural communities of Ethiopia. METHODS:In June 2004, a cross-sectional study on awareness and prevalence of intestinal schistosomiasis was conducted in rural communities living in Dudicha and Shesha Kekel peasant associations. RESULTS: Among 176 respondents from Dudicha, only 45 (25.6%) individuals heard about Bilharzia. Similarly, among 241 respondents from Shesha Kekel only 78 (32.4%) subjects heard about Bilharzia. The proportion of males who heard about Bilharzia was higher than that of females both in Dudicha (38% vs 7%, p< 0.001) and Shesha Kekel (51.6% vs 20%, p< 0.001). There was no significant difference in level of awareness about schistosomiasis between the two communities (Dudicha, 25. 6% vs Shesha Kekel, 32.4%, p> 0.05). Only 1(0.6%) individual from Dudicha and 6(2.5%) participants from Shesha Kekel had knowledge of the intermediate host. The prevalence of the disease was 43.2% in Dudicha and 31.6% in Shesha Kekel. The prevalence of infection was higher in males than in females in Dudicha community (56.7% vs 21.5%, p< 0.05). CO CLUSIO : Although the disease was prevalent in the two sites, majority of the people had no awareness about schistosomiasis. Therefore, provision of health education could raise community's awareness of schistosomiasis in such endemic areas of the country.

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Community’s awareness about intestinal schistosomiasis and the prevalence of infection in two endemic localities of Ethiopia

Legesse¹,

Cr²,

Singh³

et al. 2011

Ethiop J Health Sci

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“…At that time, the control program required the demonstration of infected snails to start a search for cases and any action to control transmission. A recent study by Silva et al 20 showed that, currently, besides leisure, washing clothes, and kitchenware, and the removal of sand and stones from rivers or lakes for construction work, are examples of activities which involve contact with infected river water and infection with S. mansoni.…”

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Assessment of control and epidemiologic details of the schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal, São Paulo, Brazil

Teles

Ferreira

Carvalho

2014

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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AbstrAct:The purpose of our study in the municipality of Bananal, state of São Paulo, Brazil, was to stop the transmission of schistosomiasis mansoni. Particular emphasis was given to such items as the active surveillance and eventual treatment of hosts, mapping parasite foci, and increasing the extent of basic sanitation in the municipality. Now, our records indicate that the eradication of schistosomiasis in the municipality of Bananal is attainable. However, as the vector Biomphalaria tenagophila can still be found in some water bodies within this municipality, it remains included in the area where schistosomiasis is endemic, which calls for very strict measures to avoid the human cases of schistososomiasis. The expansion of the coverage of the basic sanitation network and treatment of Schistosoma mansoni cases diagnosed during periodic surveys are part of the plans to eradicate schistosomiasis in Bananal.

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Implementation of Human Schistosomiasis Control: Challenges and Prospects

Fenwick

Rollinson

Southgate

2006

Advances in Parasitology

144

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Schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal (State of São Paulo, Brazil): IV. Study on the public awareness of its risks in the Palha District

Cited by 3 publications

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Community’s awareness about intestinal schistosomiasis and the prevalence of infection in two endemic localities of Ethiopia

Community’s awareness about intestinal schistosomiasis and the prevalence of infection in two endemic localities of Ethiopia

Assessment of control and epidemiologic details of the schistosomiasis mansoni in Bananal, São Paulo, Brazil

Implementation of Human Schistosomiasis Control: Challenges and Prospects

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