INTRODUCTION: We aimed to analyze trends in Schistosomiasis positivity, mortality, and hospitalization rates in Northeast Brazil. METHODS: We conducted an ecological study using data from the Brazilian Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Hospital and Mortality Information Systems. A joinpoint regression model was used for temporal analysis. RESULTS: The positivity(-4.7%;p<0.001) and hospitalization(-17.7%;p<0.001) rates declined globally, while the mortality remained stationary (-0.8%;p>0.05). However, the hospitalization in Alagoas(27.1%;p<0.001) and Pernambuco (35.1%;p<0.001), and the mortality in Bahia(2.9%;p<0.001) and Sergipe(4.1%;p<0.001), increased. CONCLUSIONS: Schistosomiasis mansoni represents an important public health problem in Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, and Bahia.
INTRODUCTION: We aimed to analyze trends in Schistosomiasis positivity, mortality, and hospitalization rates in Northeast Brazil. METHODS: We conducted an ecological study using data from the Brazilian Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Hospital and Mortality Information Systems. A joinpoint regression model was used for temporal analysis. RESULTS: The positivity(-4.7%;p<0.001) and hospitalization(-17.7%;p<0.001) rates declined globally, while the mortality remained stationary (-0.8%;p>0.05). However, the hospitalization in Alagoas(27.1%;p<0.001) and Pernambuco (35.1%;p<0.001), and the mortality in Bahia(2.9%;p<0.001) and Sergipe(4.1%;p<0.001), increased. CONCLUSIONS:Schistosomiasis mansoni represents an important public health problem in Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, and Bahia.
Authors: Bárbara Morgana da Silva; Anderson Fuentes Ferreira; José Alexandre Menezes da Silva; Rebeca Gomes de Amorim; Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues; Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro; Fernando Schemelzer de Moares Bezerra; Jorg Heukelbach; Alberto Novaes Ramos Journal: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Date: 2022-06-06 Impact factor: 2.141