Author | Cardoso, Biatriz Araújo | |
Author | Fonseca, Fabio de Oliveira | |
Author | Moraes, Antonio Henrique Almeida de | |
Author | Martins, Ana Caroline Guedes Souza | |
Author | Oliveira, Nissa Vilhena da Silva | |
Author | Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa | |
Author | Dias, George Alberto da Silva | |
Author | Saad, Maria Helena Féres | |
Access date | 2018-05-30T16:59:59Z | |
Available date | 2018-05-30T16:59:59Z | |
Document date | 2017 | |
Citation | CARDOSO, Biatriz Araújo; et al. Environmental aspects related to tuberculosis and intestinal parasites in a low-income community of the Brazilian Amazon. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo, v.59: e57, 11p. 2017. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0036-4665 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/26688 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Universidade de São Paulo | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Tuberculose | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Parasitas intestinais | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Comunidades negligenciadas | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Amazônia | pt_BR |
Title | Environmental aspects related to tuberculosis and intestinal parasites in a low-income community of the Brazilian Amazon | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S1678-9946201759057 | |
Abstract | We carried out a cross-sectional study from January to December 2015 on 1,425 inhabitants from a floating population in the Brazilian Amazon (Murinin district, Pará State) to describe the population-based prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) from 2011 to 2014, recent TB contacts (rCts) latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (LTBI) , the coverage of the local health network, socio-environmental factors, and frequency of intestinal parasitic infection (IPI). We found that the sanitary structure was inadequate, with latrines being shared with other rooms within the same accommodation; well water was the main source of water, and 48% of families had low incomes. The average rate of TB was 105/100, 000 inhabitants per year; one third of TB patients had been household contacts of infected individuals in the past, and 23% of rCts were LTBI. More than half (65%) of 44% of the stools examined (representing 76% of the housing) had IPIs; the highest prevalence was of fecal-oral transmitted protozoa (40%, Giardia intestinalis ), followed by soil-transmitted helminths (23%). TB transmission may be related to insufficient disease control of rCts, frequent relocation, and underreporting. Education, adopting hygienic habits, improving sanitation, provision of a treated water supply and efficient sewage system, further comprehensive epidemiological surveillance of those who enter and leave the community and resources for basic treatment of IPIs are crucial in combating the transmission of these neglected diseases. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Inovações em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Inovações em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Inovações em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Prefeitura de Benevides. Secretaria Municipal de Saúde. Vigilância Epidemiológica., Benevides, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade da Amazônia. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Belém, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Hanseníase. Seção de Bacteriologia e Micologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Pará. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Belém, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Intestinal parasites | pt_BR |
Subject | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | pt_BR |
Subject | Tuberculosis | pt_BR |
Subject | LTBI | pt_BR |
Subject | Amazon | pt_BR |
Subject | Neglected communities | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-9946 | |