Clinical and epidemiological aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in children up to 15 years of age in Alagoas, Brasil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió¹  Rocha, Eliana Maria Mauricio da¹  Pedrosa, Célia Maria Silva¹ 

关键词: Visceral leishmaniasis;    Alagoas;    Epidemiology;    Clinical aspects;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822004000400003

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

In order to investigate epidemiological and clinical characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis in children up to 15 years old, a prospective study was carried out in Alagoas, Brasil from 1981 to 1995. Of the 530 diagnosed cases, predominantly from the rural area of Alagoas State, 58% were male and 42% female, being 55.3% children under 5 years old. The most frequently observed clinical manifestations were: hepatosplenomegaly, fever and parlor. The average size of the liver and the spleen of patients with shorter time of disease (<30 days) were smaller than those presenting sickness for a extended time (> 360 days). No matter the length of disease there was reduction of the liver and the spleen after treatment. However, the reduction of the spleen was higher in those patients with less time of sickness. With relation to liver that diference was not observed.

【 授权许可】

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