[Preliminary activities of the program for the control and treatment of onchocerciasis in the Yanomâmi territory, Roraima, Brazil].
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.
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GE
Gerência Técnica de Endemias Focais, Fundação Nacional de Saúde, Brasília, DF.
Vieira
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JB
Oliveira
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CE
Francisco
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DA
Pinheiro
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LR
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*
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D007559:Ivermectin