EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIOSIS IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TEÓFILO OTONIMINAS GERAIS STATE

Abstract

Leishmaniasis are a complex of diseases that affect man and diferente species of wild manamals if tropical and subtropical regions, caused by digenetic protozoa (heteroxenes), genus leishmania, blongs to Kinetoplastida order of trypanosomatidae family. The ilness is worldwide knouen for being a zoonosis of great incidence widely distribuited and with high mortality rate, presente in twelve countries. Currently, leishmaniasis is expanding, with increase in new cases reported between the periods of 2001 – 2017, totalizing 59. 769 new cases per year, being 96% (57.582) of this quantitave reported in Brazil. The aim of this research was to analyse through a retrospective study, with a descriptive and quantitative approach, the situation of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Teofilo Otoni city – Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the period from 2014 to 2018. For this, were analyzed cases notified in database of Computer departament of Sistema único de Saude (DATASUS). The analysis of disease in region shwed a geografical expansion of this infection and an expressive increase in human cases (100%) from 2016 to 2018, follow ing the nacional expansion pattern.