PREVALENCE OF CHAGAS DISEASE IN THE HUMAN POPULATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAO JOSE DE ESPINHARAS-PB

EDNALDO QUEIROGA DE LIMA; AECIO MELO DE MORAIS; CLAUDIO GALENO DE OLIVEIRA QUEIROGA DE LIMA; MAYSA KEVIA LINHARES DANTAS QUEIROGA; EDNALDO QUEIROGA FILHO; Mayara Thaysa dos Santos

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

PREVALENCE OF CHAGAS DISEASE IN THE HUMAN POPULATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAO JOSE DE ESPINHARAS-PB

Ednaldo Queiroga De Lima, Aecio Melo De Morais, Claudio Galeno De Oliveira Queiroga De Lima, Maysa Kevia Linhares Dantas Queiroga, Ednaldo Queiroga Filho, Mayara Thaysa Dos Santos

Abstract :

The present study had as main objective to analyze the prevalence of Chagas disease in the human population of the municipality of São José de Espinharas–PB, from 2003 to 2012. The study had as an analysis unit the archives of the Patos Municipal Laboratory and the SINAN and SIAB data available in the Municipal Health Department of the Municipality. Of the 130 exams performed under medical prescription, 11 (8.5%) had positive results for T. cruzi with a frequency of 4.6% for females, 3.8% for males with an age range from 40 to 70 years for both sexes, and 91.6% did not have the variables identified. The mean prevalence for the SIAB was 0.17%, with an incidence of 0.04% and 0.62% for 2007 and 2012, respectively. As for the variables, a frequency of 56% was observed for males within the age group ranging from 41 to 72 and from 40 to 86 years for females, with 91% of chagasic residents living in the rural area. The SINAN did not record in its database any case of the acute form of the disease for the period. Stability can be observed in the acute cases of infection and an incidence of 0.10% of individuals in the population with Chagas disease in the chronic phase.