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- Title
AVALIAÇÃO DA TENDÊNCIA TEMPORAL E DA PREVALÊNCIA DE LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL CANINA E HUMANA DENTRE OS ANOS DE 2010 A 2019 EM MUNICÍPIOS DE MINAS GERAIS - BRASIL.
- Authors
Borges Pereira, Fabiano; Silva Vieira, Adriele Laurinda; Guimarães Bicalho, Elizaine Aparecida; Gonçalves Pereira, Saulo; Afonso Cardoso, Sandra Regina
- Abstract
Leishmaniasis are caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, parasites that infect a large number of mammals, including humans. Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form of the disease and invariably leads to death if not diagnosed and treated early. The objective of this study was to carry out a documentary, descriptive and analytical analysis, with a quantitative approach to the information contained in the Fundação Ezequiel Dias/Manager of Laboratory Environments (FUNED/GAL) database from the Minas Gerais State Health Secretariat. The epidemiological data that make up this study are records of positive and negative cases in the city of Patos de Minas - MG and of 18 municipalities in the mesoregions of the Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba, Northwest of Minas and North of Minas. In the period between January 2010 and June 2019, a total of 1170 individuals suspected of Canine and/or Human Visceral Leishmaniasis were notified. A total of 304 (25.98%) individuals received a positive result, while 866 were considered negative, and in some cases, inconclusive. The data obtained in the study revealed the growing temporal trend and high prevalence of the disease, showing that the disease is expanding in the studied region where the dog is presented as the main domestic reservoir of the disease, remaining as the main link between the protozoan and the human host.
- Publication
Arquivos de Ciências Veterinárias e Zoologia da Unipar, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1415-8167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25110/arqvet.v24i1cont.2021.8445