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Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Epidemiological profile of leishmaniasis at a reference service in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, from january 2000 to september 2008	
Autores: 	Nunes,Willian da Silva; Araújo,Sócrates Rios; Calheiros,Cláudia Maria Lins.	
Data: 	2010-08-01	
Ano: 	2010	
Palavras-chave: 	American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Visceral leishmaniasis; Epidemiology.	
Resumo: 	Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease found in the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Brazil, the disease is an important public health problem, occurring in most states, but mainly in the Northeast region of the country, with the state of Alagoas having a significant number of confirmed cases. The present study establishes and discusses the epidemiological profile of cases of leishmaniases treated at the Reference Center of Alagoas, Hospital Escola Hélvio de Farias Auto, between January 2000 and October 2008. During thisperiod, records of 2,104 patients notified to the hospital Epidemiological Surveillance Center were reviewed. The epidemiology of leishmaniasis, both visceral and tegumentary, has shown a profile that has changed over throughout the years, with a decrease in the number of notified cases. Disease occurrence was associated with lower social economic classes, and affected mainly rural workers in general, housewives and students.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400005	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-86702010000400005	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.14 n.4 2010	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess