RESUMO
Schistosomiasis is one of the parasitical infections with widest world distribution and its epidemiological surveillance proves vital for Cuba. A pack of programs is presented for processing data of the surveillance system for this disease. It may provide information on the state of the screening of international travellers, both Cuban and foreign, who may be at risk.
Assuntos
Processamento Eletrônico de Dados/métodos , Vigilância da População , Esquistossomose Urinária/epidemiologia , Esquistossomose mansoni/epidemiologia , África/epidemiologia , África/etnologia , Ásia/epidemiologia , Ásia/etnologia , Cuba/epidemiologia , Humanos , Incidência , SoftwareRESUMO
For many communities throughout the world schistosomiasis has been commonplace for many years. A large amount of Cubans periodically arrive in their country from areas where the disease is endemic. A pack of programs was designed for automatically processing clinical-epidemiological data about it. The output tables are presented of 233 Cubans with established diagnosis who were cared for at the Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute. Nurses play an important role in caring for these diseased by providing assistance, sanitary education and other activities.