Leishmaniose tegumentar americana em um estado endêmico do Brasil: uma revisão de escopo
Brazil is the country in the Americas with the highest number of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis, one of the main neglected tropical diseases, and Maranhão is an endemic state. The aim of this article was to describe the studies that have addressed the epidemiological aspects of American Tegumentar...
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2024
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| Sumario: | Brazil is the country in the Americas with the highest number of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis, one of the main neglected tropical diseases, and Maranhão is an endemic state. The aim of this article was to describe the studies that have addressed the epidemiological aspects of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) in Maranhão, their main findings and the gaps in existing knowledge.The method used was a scoping review, with a search for articles in the Pubmed, Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde and Periódicos Capes databases. Observational studies that addressed the epidemiology of ATL in Maranhão were included, with no time or language restrictions. The search stage identified 1,228 articles in the databases, and 283 duplicate articles were excluded. After successive screening, we selected 12 articles: four case series, five cross-sectional articles, one ecological article and two population-based articles. All the articles were descriptive, except for one which used spatio-temporal analysis to estimate the risk of leishmaniasis incidence over time. The epidemiological profile of ATL showed that the majority of those affected were between 20 and 39 years old, male, brown, working in the fields and the prevalent clinical form was cutaneous. No studies were identified on risk factors associated with ATL in the state, and little use was made of georeferencing techniques to advance understandingof the dynamics of the disease and its relationship with the environment in endemic areas. |
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