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Migration and urban schistosomiasis: the case of São Lourenço da Mata, Northeast of Brazil
Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; Southgate, Brian; Smith, Peter G; Guimaräes Neto, Leonardo.
Afiliação
  • Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Recife. BR
  • Southgate, Brian; University of London. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. GB
  • Smith, Peter G; University of London. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. GB
  • Guimaräes Neto, Leonardo; Universidade Federal da Paraiba. Departamento de Economia. BR
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo;42(4): 209-17, July-Aug. 2000. tab
Article em En | LILACS | ID: lil-266054
Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1
RESUMO
A population-based case-control design was used to investigate the association between migration, urbanisation and schistosomiasis in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Northeast of Brazil. 1022 cases and 994 controls, aged 10 to 25, were selected. The natives and the migrants who come from endemic areas have a similar risk of infection. On the other hand, the risk of infection of migrants from nonendemic areas seems to be related with the time elapsed since their arrival in São Lourenço da Mata; those who have been living in that urban area for 5 or more years have a risk of infection similar to that of the natives. Those arriving in the metropolitan region of Recife mostly emigrate from "zona da mata" and "zona do agreste" in the state of Pernambuco. Due to the changes in the sugar agro-industry and to the increase in the area used for cattle grazing these workers were driven to villages and cities. The pattern of urbanisation created the conditions for the establishment of foci of transmission in São Lourenço da Mata.
Assuntos
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Esquistossomose / Migrantes / Urbanização Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Assunto da revista: MEDICINA TROPICAL Ano de publicação: 2000 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil / Reino Unido País de publicação: Brasil
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Esquistossomose / Migrantes / Urbanização Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Assunto da revista: MEDICINA TROPICAL Ano de publicação: 2000 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil / Reino Unido País de publicação: Brasil