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Tuberculosis: health care and surveillance in prisons
Allgayer,Manuela Filter; Ely,Karine Zenatti; Freitas,Graziela Hamann de; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Gonzales,Roxana Isabel CardozoABSTRACT Objective: To identify tuberculosis-related health care and surveillance actions in Prison Health Units. Method: Cross-sectional study, of quantitative, exploratory and descriptive character. We visited 13 Teams of Prison Health, and nurses and technicians were interviewed regarding epidemiological surveillance instruments, physical structure and materials. Results: Search for respiratory symptoms in a...
Hepatitis C: evaluation of outcomes and georeferencing of cases in Santa Cruz d...
Possuelo,Lia Goncalves; Perin,Daiane; Breunig,Patricia Faber; Schroeder,Daniel Felipe; Allgayer,Manuela Filter; Darsie,Camilo; Carneiro,MarceloABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus infection is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease, with high death rates. The aim here was to analyze case outcomes, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and spatial distribution among patients diagnosed with hepatitis C in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul (RS), Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study on 200 cases of hepatitis C in Santa Cruz do ...
Tuberculosis among prison staff in Rio Grande do Sul
Busatto,Caroline; Nunes,Luciana de Souza; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Valença,Mariana Soares; Krug,Suzane Frantz; Becker,DanielaABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the risk of infection and illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care and security staff in prisons in two regions of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Method: cross-sectional study involving prison staff. An interview and sputum smear microscopy and culture were performed. Latent infection was evaluated according to the result of the tuberculin test (TT), self-referred....