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标题：Leptospirose no Brasil: uma abordagem em saúde coletiva
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作者：Evaldo Hipólito de Oliveira ; Elison Costa Holanda ; Samia Moreira de Andrade 等
期刊名称：Research, Society and Development
电子版ISSN：2525-3409
出版年度：2022
卷号：11
期号：6
页码：1-15
DOI：10.33448/rsd-v11i6.27111
语种：English
出版社：Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências
摘要：Objective: To present the distribution and epidemiological analysis of confirmed leptospirosis cases in the country from 2010 to 2019. Methodology: This is an epidemiological, retrospective and descriptive study of a population nature, using secondary data, obtained from the Information System of Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). Evaluating aspects related to gender, age group, ethnicity, education, confirmation criteria, clinical evolution, regions of residence, federation units, source and characteristics of the infection site and, finally, patients of gestational age in the country, using the TABNET and Microsoft Office Excel 2019 programs. Results: The epidemiological profile of the disease in Brazil was prevalent in males (79.5%), with a greater number of cases in the 20-39 age group (39.5%) and with schooling in the 5th to 8th grades of elementary school (15.8%). There was also a greater confirmation of white patients (45.0%). It was also possible to verify that more than half of the cases were in the urban area (54.40%) and in households (41.0%). Highlight for the Southeast (32.60%), South (32.40%), with and in the state of So Paulo (22.5%). As for the clinical outcome, there was a high percentage of cured individuals (83.1%) and 8.60% lethality, in which 0.85% of the cases died due to the disease. Most pregnant women in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy (32.3%) of the notified cases; followed by the 3rd quarter with 27%. Conclusion: Thus, it is concluded that the application of personal preventive attitudes and the duty of the public administration to provide basic sanitation, health education and infrastructure.
关键词：Leptospirosis;Social vulnerability;Zoonosis;Epidemiology.