Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: the situation in 1989
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 87(3): 405-15, jul.-set. 1992. tab, ilus
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-116341
Biblioteca responsável:
BR15.1
ABSTRACT
Details are given of the prevalence rates of onchocerciasis from the most recent surveys (1989) conducted in northern Ecuador. The disease has intensified and dispersed considerably due to migration of infected individuals and the presence of a highly efficient vector. Comparison of these data with those from two previous surveys carried out in 1982/83 and 1986 and correlated with entomological findings highly the danger of the formation of new foci of onchocerciasis in areas currently free of the disease. Recommendations are made for further entomological studies in areas either recently or likely to be affected by the disease where potential vectors are unknown or different to those registred in the Santiago focus. Invermectin treatment with local vector control in specific areas is advocated to reduce the disease to a low level of public health importance
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Onchocerca
/
Oncocercose
/
Simuliidae
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de prática clínica
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Equador
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
/
Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Artigo