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- Title
Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da leishmaniose visceral em crianças
- Authors
Barros, Lívia Moreira; Moreira, Rosa Aparecida Nogueira; de Araújo, Thiago Moura; Frota, Natasha Marques; Caetano, Joselany Afio; Feitosa, Ana Claúdia Lima
- Abstract
Objective: describing the epidemiological and clinical profile of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in hospitalized children. Method: this was a documentary and retrospective research performed from January 2001 to December 2009, at a hospital in Fortaleza - Ceará. There were evaluated the variables such as: cases per year, age, weight and symptoms. For analysis of the correlation between the variables the Spearman’s coefficient was calculated. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee (CEP 42/2005). Results: the largest number of cases occurred in 2007, with 23, 5% (46) cases. The predominant age range was between 0 and 2 years old. A part of the children 47,96% (94) were malnourished and 47,4% and 49% had diarrhea and weight loss, respectively. Clinical manifestations were: fever, swollen spleen and liver. Conclusion: although the incidence of cases of VL is decreasing along the years, the number of children affected by VL remains a source of concern, due to the susceptibility of this age range.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FEVER; LEISHMANIASIS; SPLEEN diseases; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; DISEASE prevalence; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; HEPATOMEGALY; NUTRITIONAL status; SYMPTOMS; CHILDREN
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 3, p966
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i3.966-975