RESUMEN
Doenca hereditaria de maior prevalencia no mundo e no Brasil, a anemia falciforme ja e considerada um problema de saude publica. Caracterizada pela homozigose do gene da hemoglobina S, acarreta uma gama de sinais e sintomas que exige atencao integral ao paciente. O traco falciforme e caracterizado pela heterozigose do gene da hemoglobina S, ou seja, o sujeito nao manifesta a doenca, apenas carrega a heranca genetica. Na presente pesquisa objetivou-se verificar a presenca do traco falciforme em estudantes do curso de graduacao em Farmacia do Centro de Ciencias da Saude da Universidade Federal do Piaui, utilizando-se a metodologiada eletroforese de hemoglobinas, realizadas a partir de amostras sanguineas previamente coletadas, seguindo-se de questionariosociodemografico, realizadas no mes de setembro de 2007. Como resultado detectou-se a prevalencia de 1,5% do traco falciforme, o que esta de acordo com as literaturas consultadas que indicam a prevalencia de 1 a 4% do traco falciforme nas regioes brasileiras.
Hereditary illness of bigger prevalence in the world and Brazil, the sickle cell already is considered a problem of publichealth. Characterized for homozigose of the gene of the sickle hemoglobin, it causes a gamma of signals and symptoms that demands integral attention to the patient. The sickle trace is characterized by heterozigose of the gene of the sickle hemoglobin, or either, the not manifest citizen the illness, only loads the genetic inheritance. The present research was based on the study of the presence of the sickle trace in students of the course of graduation in Pharmacy of the Center of Sciences of the Health of the Federal University ofthe Piauí, having used itself it methodology of hemoglobins eletroforesis, carried through from sanguineous samples previously collected, following themselves of interview half-structuralized, carried through in the month of September of 2007. As result detected it prevalence of 1,5% of the sickle trace, the one that this in accordance with consulted literatures that indicate the prevalence of 1 4% of the sickle trace in the Brazilian regions.