The clinical features and epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in the region of the lower Tocantins/PA
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https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2020.006.0019Keywords:
Prevalence, Kala azar, The outcome, Studies of the time series, EndemicAbstract
The Visceral Leishmaniasis is a condition with a major impact on the health of the public, and that in Brazil is responsible for 96% of the notifications that have occurred in the Americas by the year 2017, and the reason for the proposal of this work. Therefore, the study aimed to describe the clinical features and epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the region of the Lower Tocantins river, an area that is endemic in the State of Pará, brazil. As a technique, an approach, and the research has a cross-sectional study is a descriptive, retrospective study based on the data in the SINAN, in the period from 2007 to 2015, which refers to the cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis in patients older than 18 years old, have been reported in the area. We identified 284 cases of a disease in a patient 18 years of age or older, out of a total of 1267 cases in the same period. There was a predominance of the disease in male individuals, aged between 18 and 27 years of age, brown-skinned, with a primary education level. The diagnosis took a 0-to-90 days between onset of symptoms and notification of the bodies responsible, and the majority of the patients improved in order to heal. The length of time between diagnosis and initiation of treatment, has a direct implication in the clinical outcome of the patient. In This way, studies such as these demonstrate the need for ongoing training of health-care workers to identify cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis.
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