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High burden of hospital morbidity and mortality due to Chagas disease in Bahia ...
García, Gabriela Soledad Márdero; Leite, Andreia; de Souza, Eliana Amorim; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; de Sousa, Andrea Silvestre; Luiz, Ronir RaggioChagas disease (CD) is a chronic condition associated with high morbidity and mortality in endemic regions of Brazil, particularly in the state of Bahia. The clinical-epidemiologic analysis of hospital admissions is strategic due to limited data on chronic CD infections and the general lack of access to diagnosis and treatment. This study examines sociodemographic and clinical-epidemiological patterns of hospit...
Mortality from neglected tropical diseases in the state of Piauí, Northeast Bra...
Brito, Sheila Paloma de Sousa; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Lima, Mauricélia da Silveira; Ramos Jr., Alberto NovaesObjective: To analyze temporal trends and spatial patterns of mortality from neglected tropical diseases (NTD) in Piauí, 2001-2018. Methods: Mixed ecological study, with hazard ratio (RR) calculation,spatio- temporal trend analysis, Poisson regression with inflection points, using data from the Mortality Information System. Results: There were 2,609 deaths due to NTD in the period (4.60/100,000 inhabitants), 55...
Socio-demographic and clinical factors of leprosy cases associated with the per...
Soares, Gerlania Maria Martins de Melo; Souza, Eliana Amorim de; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; García, Gabriela Soledad MárderoObjective: To analyze the association between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of new cases (NC) of leprosy as determinants in the performance of contact assessment. Methods: A cross-sectional study with temporal approach of the 100% examined contacts assessment indicator of each NC registered in the State of Ceará, Brazil, via the Notification Information System, 2008-2019. Logistic regression was...
Sobreposição de casos novos de hanseníase em redes de convívio domiciliar em do...
Reis, Adriana da Silva dos; Souza, Eliana Amorim de; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Macedo, Suyanne Freire de; Silva, Gilberto Valentim daThe study aimed to analyze the magnitude and sociodemographic profile of leprosy cases linked to household contact networks with overlapping of the disease in two Brazilian municipalities (counties), one in the North and the other in the Northeast, from 2001 to 2014. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study based on primary and secondary data from new leprosy cases in Picos, Piauí State, and Ro...
Baixo desempenho de indicadores operacionais de controle da hanseníase no estad...
Souza, Eliana Amorim de; Heukelbach, Jorg; Oliveira, Maria Leide Wand-Del-Rey; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Sena Neto, Sebastiao Alves deObjective: To characterize spatiotemporal patterns of operational indicators for leprosy control in the state of Bahia from 2001 to 2014. Methods: This is a population-based ecological study, with spatial distribution and autocorrelation of operational indicators for leprosy control. Results: From 2001 to 2007, 42.7% (n=178) of the municipalities presented a cure rate lower than 75%, increasing to 61.4% (n =291...
Desempenho da vigilância de contatos de casos de hanseníase: uma análise espaço...
Souza, Eliana Amorim de; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Pinto, Maria Solange Araújo Paiva; Heukelbach, Jorg; Oliveira, Héllen XavierThe aim was to analyze the space-time trend in the proportion of contacts examined among those recorded, according to demographic profile of new leprosy cases in the State of Bahia, Brazil, in the 2003-2014 cohort. This was a state population-based ecological study with temporal and spatial analyses of the proportion of contacts examined among those recorded, according to characteristics of the reference lepros...
Association between alcoholic beverages consumption and sociodemographic condit...
Dourado, Giovanna de Oliveira Libório; Silva Júnior, Manoel Borges da; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Sousa, Daniela Costa; Marques, Francimar SousaThe objective of this article aimed was investigate the association between the consumption of alcoholic beverages and sociodemographic conditions of people with leprosy. It is a cross-sectional study, in which 347 people were addressed as people with leprosy, reported by Brazilian Health Information System, between 2001 and 2014, in a city in Northeast of Brazil, classified as hyperendemic. 290 other people, a...
Hanseníase em territórios das regiões norte e nordeste do Brasil: contextos epi...
Ferreira, Anderson FuentesLeprosy is a chronic infectious disease with a high morbidity and mortality burden. By affecting peripheral nerves, it has the potential to generate physical incapacity, with direct and/or indirect consequences on the affected persons, family groups or communities where they belong. The disease presents a focal pattern of occurrence, concentrating on clusters of high-risk. In Brazil, these areas are responsible...
Hanseníase e gênero no Brasil: tendências em área endêmica da região Nordeste, ...
Souza, Eliana Amorim de; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Boigny, Reagan Nzundu; Alencar, Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach, JorgOBJETIVO: Analisar, segundo gênero, as tendências temporais dos coeficientes de detecção de casos novos de hanseníase na população geral e em crianças, do coeficiente de grau 2 de incapacidade física e da proporção de casos multibacilares no estado da Bahia, no período de 2001 a 2014. MÉTODOS: Estudo de série temporal baseado em dados epidemiológicos relativos à hanseníase oriundos do Sistema de Informação de A...
Leprosy and gender in Brazil: trends in an endemic area of the Northeast region...
Souza, Eliana Amorim de; Ferreira, Anderson Fuentes; Boigny, Reagan Nzundu; Alencar, Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach, JorgOBJECTIVE: To analyze, stratifield by gender, trends of the new case leprosy detection rates in the general population and in children; of grade 2 disability, and of proportion of multibacillary cases, in the state of Bahia, Brazil from 2001 to 2014. METHODS: A time series study based on leprosy data from the National Information System for Notifiable Diseases. The time trend analysis included Poisson regressio...