ANÁLISE EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DA HANSENÍASE NO ESTADO DO PIAUÍ

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1421925032

• Palavras-chave: Hanseníase; Epidemiologia; Saúde Pública.

• Keywords: Leprosy; Epidemiology; Public health.

• Abstract:

  Leprosy is a chronic, infectious

  and contagious disease caused by the

  Mycobacterium leprae bacillus. This bacterium

  is tropic by the peripheral nerves, and mainly

  infects the Schwann cells, and when untreated

  can evolve into important deformities and

  sequelae. The objective of this study was to carry

  out an epidemiological analysis of the leprosy

  cases occurring in the state of Piauí between

  the years 2015 and 2017. It is a descriptive

  and retrospective research, based on the

  information obtained in the online database of

  the Information System of Notification Diseases

  (SINAN). The data showed the occurrence of

  3,593 cases reported in the state in this period,

  of these 86.1% were new cases. Among the

  registered cases, males (55.4%) had a slight

  prevalence over the female (44.6%), and the

  age group most affected were individuals aged

  between 50 and 64 years (27.4%), followed

  by from 35 to 49 years (25.2%). Regarding

  operational classification, most cases were

  multibacillary (67.7%) at the time of diagnosis,

  of these 58% presented the dimorphic form and

  30% Wirchowiana. The cure rate was 83.4%,

  and in 2017 the cure was only 65%. Leprosy

  is endemic in the state, and the number of new

  cases has increased again in the year 2017,

  which is very worrying, especially when the

  rates of cure in the state are low. Therefore,

  it is important to implement disease control

  measures through health actions.

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