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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/14552| Title: | Mansonella ozzardi in the municipality of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil, 60 years after the first report: An epidemiologic study |
| Authors: | Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes de Rodrigues, Moreno S. Katsuragawa, Tony Hiroshi Costa, Cristóvão Alves Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa |
| Keywords: | Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Disease Carrier Female Human Male Mansonella Mansonelliasis Middle Aged Child, Preschool Prevalence Rural Population Simuliidae Young Adult Adolescent Adult Aged Animal Child, Preschool Female Humans Insect Vectors Male Mansonella Mansonelliasis Middle Aged Prevalence Rural Population Simuliidae Young Adult |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 109, Número 4, Pags. 480-483 |
| Abstract: | The prevalence of mansonelliasis was studied in the municipality of Tefé, state of Amazonas, Brazil. The prevalence (thick blood smear method) was 13.6% (147/1,078), higher in the Solimões River region (16.3%) than in the Tefé River region (6.3%). In the sampled communities in the Solimões River region, a higher density of cases was observed, as indicated by a kernel analysis (odds ratio 0.34; 95% confidence interval: 0.20-0.57). Males had a higher prevalence (χ2 = 31.292, p < 0.001) than women. Mansonella ozzardi prevalence was higher in retirees and farmers (28.9% and 27%, respectively). Prevalence also significantly increased with age (χ2 = -128.17, p < 0.001), with the highest numbers occurring in persons older than 67 years. |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/0074-0276130512 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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