title: [Schistosomiasis in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil in the 2007-2011 period].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  schistosomiasis is kept under epidemiolotical surveillance in some areas of Brazil.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the epidemiological situation of schistosomiasis in the city of Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais, Brazil, through epidemiological indicators.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive study was conducted by using the System of Information and Notification of Grievances (SINAN) that contains the cases occurred in the residents of Belo Horizonte in the period of January-2007 to July-2011. Four hundred ninety six lab confirmed cases of schistosomiasis(Kato-Katz technique) were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  in this period, there was a considerable increase of the number of cases in 2007 when the incidence was 1.96/100 000 habitants; the incidence was 7.29/100 000 habitants until July, 2011.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the increasing number of recent cases points to the need of developing new strategies to control this endemic disease in our region.
authors: Universidad Gama Filho, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors: Alexia Valle
authors: AV
authors: de Freitas
authors: Renato Ribeiro Nogueira
authors: RR
authors: Ferraz
authors: Shaista Poppe
authors: SP
authors: Pedroso
authors: Samanta Cordeiro
authors: SC
authors: Silva
authors: João Victor
authors: JV
authors: Fornari
authors: C Anderson Sena
authors: CA
authors: Barnabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult