Epidemiologia dos casos de hanseníase notificados no município de Guaraí, Tocantins, de 2008 a 2018

Abstract

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.