TY - JOUR
T1 - The present situation regarding lymphatic filariasis in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil
AU - Medeiros, Zulma
AU - Alves, Ayla
AU - Brito, José Anchieta
AU - Borba, Ladjane
AU - Santos, Zailde
AU - Costa, José Pereira
AU - Do Espírito Santo, Marlene Eunice
AU - Netto, Maria José Evangelista
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A cross-sectional population-based survey on the occurrence of lymphatic filariasis was carried out in the municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. 7,650 individuals of both sexes were examined (from 1,416 households) of whom six tested positive for microfilaria according to the thick blood diagnostic test. The age of the individuals examined varied from 0 to 98 (averaging 26.6 years), whilst the age of the microfilaria-positive individuals varied from 11 to 29, averaging 22.5 years. Five of the six positive cases were male. These cases were residents of the following areas: Pista Preta (one case); Ponte dos Carvalhos (four cases); and Pontezinha (one case). This last case from Pontezinha was autochthonous. Of the individuals examined, 109 (1.4%) cited complaints relating to filariasis. These results suggest that filariasis is being transmitted in the municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, a finding that establishes the need to carry out disease control activities, and to collaborate with the planning of the national programme for the elimination of filariasis.
AB - A cross-sectional population-based survey on the occurrence of lymphatic filariasis was carried out in the municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. 7,650 individuals of both sexes were examined (from 1,416 households) of whom six tested positive for microfilaria according to the thick blood diagnostic test. The age of the individuals examined varied from 0 to 98 (averaging 26.6 years), whilst the age of the microfilaria-positive individuals varied from 11 to 29, averaging 22.5 years. Five of the six positive cases were male. These cases were residents of the following areas: Pista Preta (one case); Ponte dos Carvalhos (four cases); and Pontezinha (one case). This last case from Pontezinha was autochthonous. Of the individuals examined, 109 (1.4%) cited complaints relating to filariasis. These results suggest that filariasis is being transmitted in the municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, a finding that establishes the need to carry out disease control activities, and to collaborate with the planning of the national programme for the elimination of filariasis.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Lymphatic filariasis
KW - Wuchereria bancrofti
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33750691015&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/S0036-46652006000500005
DO - 10.1590/S0036-46652006000500005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750691015
SN - 0036-4665
VL - 48
SP - 263
EP - 267
JO - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
JF - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
IS - 5
ER -
