American cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the city of Jussara, state of Paraná, Brazil: historical series of 21 years

Authors

  • Rosângela Ziggiotti de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá.
  • Letícia Ziggiotti de Oliveira Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças.
  • Meiri Vanderlei Nogueira de Lima Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Paraná.
  • Airton Pereira de Lima Universidade Estadual de Maringá.
  • Renata Bernardini de Lima Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre.
  • Diego Gafuri Silva Universidade Estadual de Maringá.
  • Fábio Rangel Gobeti Lopes Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22421/15177130-2016v17n2p59

Keywords:

Cutaneous leishmaniasis - Prevention, Endemics Control, Epidemiology.

Abstract

American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is a disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, and is transmitted to humans by the bite of phlebotominae mosquitos. In recent years, Brazil has presented an increase in the number of cases and the disease has expanded its geographic extension. The Brazilian Southern region, state of Paraná, registers more than 90% of notifications, and the city of Jussara, located on the northwest of the State, has one of the largest coefficients of disease detection (299.4 cases/100,000 inhabitants). The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological features of endemic ATL in the city between 1994 and 2014. Coefficients fluctuation over the years was observed. There were 399 cases notified. The disease was more frequent in men, young adults, with transmission especially related to rural work. The autochthonism of the disease was of 97.5%. The predominant clinical form was cutaneous, and access to diagnostic examination was observed for all the infected hosts. The advances in diagnosis and treatment, and the difficulties of disease control measures, especially those related to the vector, are acknowledged.

Author Biographies

Rosângela Ziggiotti de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Professor of the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.

Letícia Ziggiotti de Oliveira, Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças.

Resident of Infectology, Nossa Senhora das Graças Hospital, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

Meiri Vanderlei Nogueira de Lima, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Paraná.

Master and nurse of the State Department of Health of Paraná, Cianorte, PR, Brazil.

Airton Pereira de Lima, Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Professor of the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.

Renata Bernardini de Lima, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre.

Graduation of the Medicine Course, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Diego Gafuri Silva, Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Resident of family and community medicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.

Fábio Rangel Gobeti Lopes, Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Resident of family and community medicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.

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Published

2016-12-29

How to Cite

1.
Oliveira RZ de, Oliveira LZ de, Lima MVN de, Lima AP de, Lima RB de, Silva DG, Lopes FRG. American cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the city of Jussara, state of Paraná, Brazil: historical series of 21 years. Espac. Saude [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];17(2):59-65. Available from: https://espacoparasaude.fpp.edu.br/index.php/espacosaude/article/view/285

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2016)

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