ANÁLISE INTEGRATIVA DAS PRINCIPAIS ZOONOSES DE OCORRÊNCIA NO BRASIL

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.7852017119

• Palavras-chave: Doenças negligenciadas; Epidemiologia; Medidas preventivas; País subdesenvolvido.

• Keywords: Brazil; Neglected diseases; Epidemiology; Preventive measures; Underdeveloped country.

• Abstract:

  Zoonosis are diseases or infections that are naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and humans. The agents responsible for triggering these diseases may be virus, bacteria, fungi, parasites and rickettsiae. Transmission can occur directly where there is contact with secretions containing the pathogens, or indirectly, which requires physical contact between humans and the vector animal. Most zoonoses are known as neglected diseases and characterize a group of endemic tropical diseases that occur in underdeveloped and developing countries, often associated with poverty. In all, zoonoses cause between 500,000 and 1 million deaths annually, which expresses their severity. In order to have control over zoonoses, early detection and notification of these diseases to public agencies is required, as well as the sharing of secure information between countries. Thus, prevention, surveillance, biosecurity, infection control and treatment of infectious diseases are essential for the development of multidisciplinary contingency work for zoonoses. In view of this scenario, the present research performs an integrative analysis of human zoonoses that affect Brazil, which seeks to identify the most prevalent zoonoses and the characteristics that Brazil pre-disposes to manifest such zoonoses. It is hoped that the results found may contribute mainly to the preventive programs of zoonoses that affect the country, as well as educate the population on the need for preventive measures to reduce cases and eventually eradicate some of them.

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