Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
Uncontrolled peripheral urbanisation coupled with environmental degradation has affected the status of schistosomiasis in Pernambuco (PE), Brazil. This endemic disease continues to perpetuate its transmission in rural areas and has also become a cause for concern in coastal towns of the state. The l...
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| author | Constança Simões Barbosa Karina Conceição Araújo Manuel Alexander Amarista Sevilla Fabio Melo Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes Reinaldo Souza-Santos |
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| description | Uncontrolled peripheral urbanisation coupled with environmental degradation has affected the status of schistosomiasis in Pernambuco (PE), Brazil. This endemic disease continues to perpetuate its transmission in rural areas and has also become a cause for concern in coastal towns of the state. The lack of basic infrastructure (sanitation and health programmes) to support the new urban areas leads to faecal contamination of natural aquatic environments, resulting in consequent infection of vector snails and the emergence of new sources of schistosomiasis transmission. In the present paper, we discuss the current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in PE. We have consolidated and analysed information from parasitological, malacological and morbidity surveys undertaken by the group of researchers at the Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães-Fiocruz. The results of our analysis show: (i) the maintenance of the levels of schistosomiasis in the rural Zona da Mata, PE, (ii) the record of the human cases of schistosomiasis and the foci of infected snails detected along the coast of PE through 2007, (iii) the high record of the severe clinical form of schistosomiasis in the metropolitan region of Recife (RMR) and (iv) new breeding sites of schistosomiasis vector snails that were identified in a 2008 survey covering the RMR and the coastal localities of PE. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db824f34553a436c933e5baa6f10c93a2023-09-02T21:32:45ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80602010-07-01105454955410.1590/S0074-02762010000400034Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, BrazilConstança Simões BarbosaKarina Conceição AraújoManuel Alexander Amarista SevillaFabio MeloElainne Christine de Souza GomesReinaldo Souza-SantosUncontrolled peripheral urbanisation coupled with environmental degradation has affected the status of schistosomiasis in Pernambuco (PE), Brazil. This endemic disease continues to perpetuate its transmission in rural areas and has also become a cause for concern in coastal towns of the state. The lack of basic infrastructure (sanitation and health programmes) to support the new urban areas leads to faecal contamination of natural aquatic environments, resulting in consequent infection of vector snails and the emergence of new sources of schistosomiasis transmission. In the present paper, we discuss the current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in PE. We have consolidated and analysed information from parasitological, malacological and morbidity surveys undertaken by the group of researchers at the Laboratory of Schistosomiasis, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães-Fiocruz. The results of our analysis show: (i) the maintenance of the levels of schistosomiasis in the rural Zona da Mata, PE, (ii) the record of the human cases of schistosomiasis and the foci of infected snails detected along the coast of PE through 2007, (iii) the high record of the severe clinical form of schistosomiasis in the metropolitan region of Recife (RMR) and (iv) new breeding sites of schistosomiasis vector snails that were identified in a 2008 survey covering the RMR and the coastal localities of PE.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762010000400034schistosomiasisepidemiological monitoringendemic diseases |
| spellingShingle | Constança Simões Barbosa Karina Conceição Araújo Manuel Alexander Amarista Sevilla Fabio Melo Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes Reinaldo Souza-Santos Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz schistosomiasis epidemiological monitoring endemic diseases |
| title | Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil |
| title_full | Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil |
| title_short | Current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil |
| title_sort | current epidemiological status of schistosomiasis in the state of pernambuco brazil |
| topic | schistosomiasis epidemiological monitoring endemic diseases |
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