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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Detection of schistosomiasis in an area directly affected by the São Francisco River large-scale water transposition project in the northeast of Brazil
Autor(es): Silva Filho, José Damião da
Pinheiro, Marta Cristhiany Cunha
Sousa, Mariana Silva
Gomes, Vivian da Silva
Castro, Issis Maria Nogueira de
Ramos Júnior, Alberto Novaes
Bezerra, Fernando Schemelzer de Moraes
Palavras-chave: Esquistossomose;Schistosomiasis
Data do documento: Set-2017
Instituição/Editor/Publicador: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Citação: SILVA FILHO, J. D. da et al. Detection of Schistosomiasis in an area directly affected by the São Francisco River large-scale water transposition project in the Northeast of Brazil. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Brasilia, v. 50, n. 5, sept./oct. 2017.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The development of the São Francisco River Integration Project [Projeto de Integração do Rio São Francisco (PISF)] in the State of Ceará, Brazil, has resulted in environmental and socioeconomic changes with potential risks to public health. We aimed to determine the presence of Schistosoma mansoni infections in schoolchildren (aged 7-14 years) and workers from the construction site in an area under the direct influence of the PISF in the municipality of Brejo Santo-CE, to aid in the prevention and control of schistosomiasis. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study using two S. mansoni-detection methods: detection of S. mansoni eggs by the Kato-Katz parasitological method in stool samples (assessed in triplicate for each sample) and S. mansoni circulating cathodic antigen by the point-of-care immunochromatographic rapid test (POC-CCA) in urine. RESULTS In general, the positivity rates for S. mansoni detection were 1.9% (2/106) among schoolchildren and 2.9% (4/138) among workers. No child had evidence of S. mansoni eggs in their stools; 1.9% tested positive by the POC-CCA method. Among workers, two (1.4%) tested positive by the Kato-Katz test and three (2.2%) by the POC-CCA test. If the POC-CCA test results that were scored as traces were considered negative, then the positivity rates dropped to 0.9% and 0.7% for schoolchildren and workers, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The active transmission of schistosomiasis in a region covered by the PISF was recognized, reinforcing the necessity to consolidate surveillance and control actions, as well as structural sanitation measures to reverse the social determinants of the disease.
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ISSN: Impresso 0037-8682
On-line 1678-9849
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