Prevalência de tracoma cicatricial em Botucatu - Estado de São Paulo

Autor: Schellini, Silvana Artioli [UNESP], Kitakawa, Dalton [UNESP], Onishi, Eliana [UNESP], Hoyama, Érika, Padovani, Carlos Roberto [UNESP]
Přispěvatelé: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Hospital Oftalmológico
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Scopus
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
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Popis: Submitted by Vitor Silverio Rodrigues (vitorsrodrigues@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2014-05-27T11:22:20Z No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-05-27T14:45:51Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 2-s2.0-77952458332.pdf: 681577 bytes, checksum: 6ea62adec50803648fa3442e2eda2d00 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-27T11:22:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-12-01 Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of cicatricial trachoma in a population-based sample at Botucatu city-Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study with randomized clustered sampling of households was conducted in the urban area of the city of Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil. The sample was estimated in 3000 person having been appraised 2554 patient (85,1% of the intended sample) from which 2339 had more than 10 year old at the research time. All the participants were submitted to ophthalmologic examination and the data were statistical analyzed. Results: Three cicatricial trachoma carriers were detected. So, the prevalence of this affection is Botucatu city is 0,13%, affecting mainly over 40'th and having trichiasis. Conclusion: Nevertheless the low prevalence rate of cicatricial trachoma in our region, to prevent trachoma blindness is the cicatrical form of the disease is very important to treat the trichiasis. Departamento de OFT/ORL/CCP Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Júlio Mesquita Filho - UNESP, Botucatu, SP Oftalmologista Hospital Oftalmológico, Londrina, PR Departamento de Bioestatística Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Júlio Mesquita Filho - UNESP, Botucatu, SP Departamento de OFT/ORL/CCP Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Júlio Mesquita Filho - UNESP, Botucatu, SP Departamento de Bioestatística Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Júlio Mesquita Filho - UNESP, Botucatu, SP
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