Malaria in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an Atlantic Forest area: an assessment using the health surveillance service
| Autor: | Paulo Cesar Peiter, Patrícia Brasil, Anielle de Pina Costa, Hermano de Albuquerque, Patrícia Ganzenmüller Moza, Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis, José Rodrigues Coura, Renata Bortolasse Miguel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Adolescent lcsh:RC955-962 Biome lcsh:QR1-502 malaria Forests P. falciparum lcsh:Microbiology law.invention Health surveillance Young Adult Plasmodium malariae law Environmental protection parasitic diseases medicine Malaria Vivax Prevalence Humans P. vivax Atlantic forest Malaria Falciparum Socioeconomics Child Aged Aged 80 and over biology Amazon rainforest Plasmodium falciparum Articles Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Transmission (mechanics) Geography Vector (epidemiology) Child Preschool Population Surveillance Atlantic Forest surveillance Female Malaria Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Volume: 109, Issue: 5, Pages: 634-640, Published: 13 AUG 2014 Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., Vol 109, Iss 5, Pp 634-640 (2014) |
| Popis: | The lethality of malaria in the extra-Amazonian region is more than 70 times higher than in Amazonia itself. Recently, several studies have shown that autochthonous malaria is not a rare event in the Brazilian southeastern states in the Atlantic Forest biome. Information about autochthonous malaria in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) is scarce. This study aims to assess malaria cases reported to the Health Surveillance System of the State of Rio de Janeiro between 2000-2010. An average of 90 cases per year had parasitological malaria confirmation by thick smear. The number of malaria notifications due to Plasmodium falciparum increased over time. Imported cases reported during the period studied were spread among 51% of the municipalities (counties) of the state. Only 35 cases (4.3%) were autochthonous, which represents an average of 3.8 new cases per year. Eleven municipalities reported autochthonous cases; within these, six could be characterised as areas of residual or new foci of malaria from the Atlantic Forest system. The other 28 municipalities could become receptive for transmission reintroduction. Cases occurred during all periods of the year, but 62.9% of cases were in the first semester of each year. Assessing vulnerability and receptivity conditions and vector ecology is imperative to establish the real risk of malaria reintroduction in RJ. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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