[Schistosomiasis in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil in the 2007-2011 period].

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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical Pub Date : 2012-07-01

Alexia Valle de Freitas, Renato Ribeiro Nogueira Ferraz, Shaista Poppe Pedroso, Samanta Cordeiro Silva, João Victor Fornari, C Anderson Sena Barnabe

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Abstract

Introduction: schistosomiasis is kept under epidemiolotical surveillance in some areas of Brazil.

Objective: to evaluate the epidemiological situation of schistosomiasis in the city of Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais, Brazil, through epidemiological indicators.

Methods: a descriptive study was conducted by using the System of Information and Notification of Grievances (SINAN) that contains the cases occurred in the residents of Belo Horizonte in the period of January-2007 to July-2011. Four hundred ninety six lab confirmed cases of schistosomiasis(Kato-Katz technique) were recorded.

Results: in this period, there was a considerable increase of the number of cases in 2007 when the incidence was 1.96/100 000 habitants; the incidence was 7.29/100 000 habitants until July, 2011.

Conclusions: the increasing number of recent cases points to the need of developing new strategies to control this endemic disease in our region.

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[2007-2011年期间巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州贝洛奥里藏特的血吸虫病]。

导言:在巴西的一些地区，血吸虫病一直处于流行病学监测之下。目的:利用流行病学指标评价巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州贝洛奥里藏特市血吸虫病流行病学状况。方法:采用包含2007年1月至2011年7月贝洛奥里藏特居民投诉信息和通知系统(SINAN)进行描述性研究。报告实验室确诊血吸虫病496例(加藤-卡茨技术)。结果:2007年发病率为1.96/10万;截至2011年7月，发病率为7.29/10万。结论:最近病例数量的增加表明需要制定新的战略来控制我们区域的这一地方病。

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