Realizou-se um inquérito malacológico em criadouros, permanentes e temporários, no bairro de Piedade, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, entre novembro de 2006 e novembro de 2007 com o objetivo de conhecer a fauna malacológica dessa localidade, bem como o potencial de transmissão da esquistossomose mansoni. Além de Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818), foram coletados moluscos Drepanotrema cimex (Moricand, 1837), Pomacea sp e Melanoides tuberculatus (Muller, 1774). Do total de Biomphalaria glabrata coletado, 1.490 exemplares encontraram-se vivos, sendo que 74 (5%) estavam positivos para Schistosoma mansoni. O maior número de moluscos capturados e todos aqueles positivos para Schistosoma mansoni foram coletados na estação anual das chuvas. Foi observada também a presença de outras larvas de trematódeos infectando os moluscos Biomphalaria glabrata. Pertencentes às famílias Strigeidae e Diplostomatidae, apresentam, a primeira vista, morfologia que pode levar a confusão com as cercárias do Schistosoma mansoni, tornando-se indispensável seu conhecimento para o diagnóstico diferencial do agente causador da esquistossomose.
The objective was to carry out a normative evaluation of the actions of the coordinators of the Schistosomiasis Control Program in the control of this disease in the state of Pernambuco between 2010 and 2012. A logical model was constructed and validated from the normative apparatus and a semi-structured questionnaire that was applied to 18 coordinators of a random sample of 23 municipalities in the endemic zone for schistosomiasis in Pernambuco. The actions were judged from the creation of the Level of Implementation indicator, GI, of the "process", which was 36.54 points, revealing its incipience. There was a failure in the control of the mollusc vector, in the notifications and investigations of serious cases and deaths, and also in the integrated and intersectoral actions, demonstrating the persistence of a curative model where there is the privilege of diagnostic and treatment actions to the detriment of surveillance actions.
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