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Filariose bancroftiana em áreas urbanas do Estado de Alagoas, nordeste do Brasil: estudo em população geral
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rocha, Eliana Maria Maurício Da Fontes, Gilberto Brito, Ana Cristina Silva, Tatiana R. C. Medeiros, Zulma Antunes, Carlos Maurício Figueiredo |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Abstract | In order to assess the present status of lymphatic filariasis in Alagoas State, Brazil, hemoscopic surveys were carried out in the human population of the three different physiographic regions of the State. Blood samples were collected by thick smear technique taken after 10:00 p.m. From a total of 101 cities of the State, 10 were randomly selected, Bancroftian filariasis was only found in Maceio, the capital of Alagoas State. In a cross-sectional survey conducted among the general population of 4 neighborhoods in the city, 10,973 individuals were examined, 226 were microfilaraemic with prevalence in the city neighborhoods ranging from 0 to 5.4%. Prevalence rates and microfilariae density were significantly higher in males. Among the examined inhabitants born out of Maceio, microfilariae carriers had lived a significantly longer time in endemic areas than the amicrofilaraemic subjects. Based on the data obtained in the present study, measures to avoid expansion of bancroftian filariasis in the region were established. |
| Starting Page | 545 |
| Ending Page | 551 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1590/S0037-86822000000600005 |
| Volume Number | 33 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v33n6/3644.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822000000600005 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
