ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
A Clinical-Epidemiological and Geospatial Study of Tuberculosis in a Neglected Area in the Amazonian Region Highlights the Urgent Need for Control Measures.
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- Geo-spatial high-risk clusters of Tuberculosis in the global general population: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Factors Associated with the Abandonment of Tuberculosis Treatment in Brazil: A Systematic Review.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2023Pooled it
- Nutritional Factors and Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Patients with Tuberculosis.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Consolidation of a genomic epidemiological surveillance network for tuberculosis (REVIGET) in northern and northeastern Brazil: a study protocol.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Decadal trends and regional disparities in tuberculosis burden: a comprehensive analysis of global, African, and Southeast Asian data from the GBD 1990-2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Spatial Analysis of Tuberculosis Patient Flow in a Neglected Region of Northern Brazil.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Geospatialization of tuberculosis and income transfer programs among Indigenous peoples in an endemic territory.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious communicable disease, which despite global efforts, still needs special attention in regions with difficult access. This study aims to describe the spatial and epidemiological trends of TB incidences from 2013 to 2018 in Marajó Island, the Amazonian region, Pará, Brazil. We have obtained secondary data from the Brazilian TB databases and performed geospatial and statistical analyses on the data for new TB cases, relapses, and re-admissions. From 2013 to 2018, 749 new cases were reported, in which the diagnostics (culture) was not performed for 652 (87.2%) patient samples, the drug resistance test (DST) was performed for nine (1.2%) samples, and one (0.13%) was multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). The rapid molecular testing (RMT) was performed on 40 (5.3%) patient samples, with results indicating that eight (20%) were susceptible to rifampicin and two (5%) were rifampicin resistant. Overall, the cure rate was 449 (66.7%), while relapses and re-admissions were 41 and 44, respectively. On the geospatial distribution, the municipality of Soure stands out with a high number of incidences, relapses, and re-admissions. Spatially, the eight MDR cases were randomly distributed. Our data highlight the urgent need for TB control measures in this region, by introducing the Xpert-Ultra
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