| Author | Santos, Valéria Regina Cavalcante dos | |
| Author | Meis, Juliana de | |
| Author | Savino, Wilson | |
| Author | Andrade, Jorge Alberto Azevedo | |
| Author | Vieira, José Ricardo dos Santos | |
| Author | Coura, José Rodrigues | |
| Author | Junqueira, Angela Cristina Verissimo | |
| Access date | 2018-05-03T12:27:45Z | |
| Available date | 2018-05-03T12:27:45Z | |
| Document date | 2018 | |
| Citation | SANTOS, Valéria Regina Cavalcante dos; et al. Acute Chagas disease in the state of Pará, Amazon Region: is it increasing?. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v.113, n.5, e170298, 2018. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/26226 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Sistema Brasileiro de Informação de Doenças Notificáveis | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Transmissão oral | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Vigilância de doenças | pt_BR |
| Title | Acute Chagas disease in the state of Pará, Amazon Region: is it increasing? | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760170298 | |
| Abstract | Acute Chagas disease (ACD) has a distinct epidemiological profile in the Amazon Region, with cases and
outbreaks of Trypanosoma cruzi infection being possibly related to the ingestion of contaminated food. Data on ACD
in the state of Pará retrieved from 2000 to 2016 from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN)
were evaluated. During this period, 2,030 of the 16,807 reported cases were confirmed, with a higher incidence between
the months of August and December, thus characterising a seasonal pattern of acute infection, and coinciding with
the higher production of “açaí”, one fruit likely involved in the oral transmission of the disease. Evaluation of the
absolute numbers of confirmed ACD cases secondary to oral infection suggests that infection through this route
increased during the 2010-2016 period, differing from what was recorded in terms of vectorial or other infection
routes. These findings point to the need of intensifying strategies to prevent or substantially reduce oral transmission. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Pará. Belém, PA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisas sobre o Timo. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Neuroimunomodulação. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Pesquisas sobre o Timo. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Neuroimunomodulação. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Pará. Belém, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Pará. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Belém, PA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Chagas Disease | pt_BR |
| Subject | oral transmission | pt_BR |
| Subject | disease surveillance | pt_BR |
| Subject | SINAN | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |
