Mansonella ozzardi in the municipality of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil, 60 years after the first report: an epidemiologic study

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Jansen Fernandes Medeiros¹  Moreno Souza Rodrigues¹  Tony Hiroshi Katsuragawa¹  Cristóvão Alves Costa¹  Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa¹ 

关键词: filariasis;    mansonelliasis;    Mansonella ozzardi;    Amazonia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0074-0276130512

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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