Epidemiologia dos casos de hanseníase notificados no município de Guaraí, Tocantins, de 2008 a 2018
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2020
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Universidade Brasil
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Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and is endemic in
Brazil and hyperendemic in the state of Tocantins. In this sense, this study aimed to
analyze the epidemiological data of leprosy available in the public domain between
the years 2008 to 2018 in the municipality of Guaraí, Tocantins. This is a crosssectional, descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study based on secondary data,
collected from the information in TABNET / DATASUS. Between 2008 and 2018, 328
cases of leprosy were recorded in the municipality of Guaraí, with a general
hyperendemic detection coefficient in 2008, 2009 and 2012, very high in 2010 and
2013, high in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The distribution by age group was
35 - 49 years old with 96 (29%) cases, followed by 20 - 30 with 78 (24%) cases, and
50-64 also with 78 (24%) cases. Grade II (Multibacillary) was reported in 125 cases,
Grade I (Multibacillary) was reported 31 cases, and Grade I (Paucibacillary) 76
cases, while Grade 0 was reported 96 cases. Only 04 (1.2%) had relapses, and the
number of communicants was 328 positive cases had home and social contacts
recorded in the records, of these 80.5% of cases had all communicants evaluated.
Given the above, the need for measures that reveal the epidemiological reality of
leprosy in Guaraí is reinforced, raising aspects that may contribute to prevention,
diagnosis and early treatment, in order to reduce the morbidity and physical
disabilities resulting from the disease.
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Mycobacterium leprae, Lepra, Saúde pública