Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases that contributes most to the morbidity and mortality of millions of people worldwide. Brazil is one of 22 countries that accounts for 80% of the tuberculosis global burden. The highest incidence rates in Brazil occur in the States of Amazonas and R...
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| author | Marlucia da Silva Garrido Samira Bührer-Sékula Alexandra Brito de Souza Rajendranath Ramasawmy Patrícia de Lima Quincó Rossicleia Lins Monte Lucilaide Oliveira Santos Tomás Maria Perez-Porcuna Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espínosa Valéria Saraceni Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos |
| author_facet | Marlucia da Silva Garrido Samira Bührer-Sékula Alexandra Brito de Souza Rajendranath Ramasawmy Patrícia de Lima Quincó Rossicleia Lins Monte Lucilaide Oliveira Santos Tomás Maria Perez-Porcuna Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espínosa Valéria Saraceni Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos |
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| description | Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases that contributes most to the morbidity and mortality of millions of people worldwide. Brazil is one of 22 countries that accounts for 80% of the tuberculosis global burden. The highest incidence rates in Brazil occur in the States of Amazonas and Rio de Janeiro. The aim of this study was to describe the temporal distribution of TB in the State of Amazonas. Between 2001 and 2011, 28,198 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Amazonas, distributed among 62 municipalities, with the capital Manaus reporting the highest (68.7%) concentration of cases. Tuberculosis was more prevalent among males (59.3%) aged 15 to 34 years old (45.5%), whose race/color was predominantly pardo (64.7%) and who had pulmonary TB (84.3%). During this period, 81 cases of multidrug-resistant TB were registered, of which the highest concentration was reported from 2008 onward (p = 0.002). The municipalities with the largest numbers of indigenous individuals affected were São Gabriel da Cachoeira (93%), Itamarati (78.1%), and Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (70.1%). The future outlook for this region includes strengthening the TB control at the primary care level, by expanding diagnostic capabilities, access to treatment, research projects developed in collaboration with the Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation .;Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD).; and financing institutions, such as the project for the expansion of the Clinical Research Center and the creation of a hospital ward for individuals with transmissible respiratory diseases, including TB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bce8d6424a74e12b6dc0ddeb2860d962022-12-22T00:14:01ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492015-06-0148suppl 1636910.1590/0037-8682-0055-2014S0037-86822015000800063Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, BrazilMarlucia da Silva GarridoSamira Bührer-SékulaAlexandra Brito de SouzaRajendranath RamasawmyPatrícia de Lima QuincóRossicleia Lins MonteLucilaide Oliveira SantosTomás Maria Perez-PorcunaFlor Ernestina Martinez-EspínosaValéria SaraceniMarcelo Cordeiro-SantosTuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases that contributes most to the morbidity and mortality of millions of people worldwide. Brazil is one of 22 countries that accounts for 80% of the tuberculosis global burden. The highest incidence rates in Brazil occur in the States of Amazonas and Rio de Janeiro. The aim of this study was to describe the temporal distribution of TB in the State of Amazonas. Between 2001 and 2011, 28,198 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Amazonas, distributed among 62 municipalities, with the capital Manaus reporting the highest (68.7%) concentration of cases. Tuberculosis was more prevalent among males (59.3%) aged 15 to 34 years old (45.5%), whose race/color was predominantly pardo (64.7%) and who had pulmonary TB (84.3%). During this period, 81 cases of multidrug-resistant TB were registered, of which the highest concentration was reported from 2008 onward (p = 0.002). The municipalities with the largest numbers of indigenous individuals affected were São Gabriel da Cachoeira (93%), Itamarati (78.1%), and Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (70.1%). The future outlook for this region includes strengthening the TB control at the primary care level, by expanding diagnostic capabilities, access to treatment, research projects developed in collaboration with the Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation .;Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD).; and financing institutions, such as the project for the expansion of the Clinical Research Center and the creation of a hospital ward for individuals with transmissible respiratory diseases, including TB.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000800063&lng=en&tlng=enTuberculosisEpidemiologyTemporal distribution. |
| spellingShingle | Marlucia da Silva Garrido Samira Bührer-Sékula Alexandra Brito de Souza Rajendranath Ramasawmy Patrícia de Lima Quincó Rossicleia Lins Monte Lucilaide Oliveira Santos Tomás Maria Perez-Porcuna Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espínosa Valéria Saraceni Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Tuberculosis Epidemiology Temporal distribution. |
| title | Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil |
| title_full | Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil |
| title_short | Temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil |
| title_sort | temporal distribution of tuberculosis in the state of amazonas brazil |
| topic | Tuberculosis Epidemiology Temporal distribution. |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000800063&lng=en&tlng=en |
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