title: [Preliminary activities of the program for the control and treatment of onchocerciasis in the Yanomâmi territory, Roraima, Brazil].
abstract: After to characterize the clinic and epidemiological picture of the onchocerciasis in Yanomâmi region, RR, Brazil, begun in 1993, the National Health Foundation (FNS) implemented a Control and Treatment Pilot Project in Tootobi and Balawaú. Here, it was studied skin biopsies from 426 inhabitants. In the nodules of 86.7% from patients was encountered Onchocerca volvulus. The over-all prevalence in the examined population was 66.2%. The treatment with ivermectin covered 80.1% of total population. Adverse reactions, light and moderate, of the medicament were reported in 12.3% of the patients. These results agreeing with the medical literature and suggesting the viability of to increase of the programme for all Yanomâmi area in the next phase.
authors.affiliation: Gerência Técnica de Endemias Focais, Fundação Nacional de Saúde, Brasília, DF.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Francisco
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
mesh_terms: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012423:Rural Health; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D007559:Ivermectin