Screening and evaluation of lymphatic filariasis in immigrants from endemic countries residing in a focus where it is considered eliminated in the Southern Region of Brazil: A risk of reemergence?

Zuchi, Arthur; Prust, Lucas Theodorovitz; Rocha, Abraham; Araújo, Julianna Siciliano de; Silva, Paula Senna da; Fiorillo, Karina; Brandão, Eduardo; Ximenes, Camila Viana; Lopes, Fábio; Ponzi, Carolina Cipriani

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.08.010

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“…The possibility that highly mobile migrant workers from Myanmar introduced and maintained LF transmission in Thailand, after effective MDA throughout most of the latter country, resulted in additional rounds of MDA in border communities and sparked epidemiological research on the connectivity between communities (Bhumiratana et al, 2010;Satimai et al, 2011;Bhumiratana et al, 2013;Toothong et al, 2015;Dickson et al, 2017). The influx of thousands of refugees from Haiti, where LF is hyperendemic, to Brazil, where LF transmission has been reduced and even eliminated in some states, has prompted screening and treatment of recent immigrants to reduce risk of re-introduction (Nunes et al, 2016;Zuchi et al, 2017). Even in the remote islands of Samoa and American Samoa, models have shown that movement of people between countries could have a significant impact on the transmission of infectious diseases, including LF (Xu et al, 2018b).…”

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Genomic Epidemiology in Filarial Nematodes: Transforming the Basis for Elimination Program Decisions

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Section: Lymphatic Filariasismentioning

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Genomic Epidemiology in Filarial Nematodes: Transforming the Basis for Elimination Program Decisions

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“…However, the adults in this family had not participated in all five rounds of treatment. In 2017, surveillance identified other cases of microfilaremia in the same district [37]. The presence of cases is an indicator of the need for surveillance, since positive findings are predictive of the risk for the reintroduction of infection [38], suggesting that Nova Descoberta is a residual focus post-MDA.…”

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“…In recent years, there has been migration of Haitians to Brazil, and cases of microfilaremia have been identified in this group. These cases could be a source for transmission of LF in disease-free areas [37,40–42]. Thus, the surveillance of migration to countries that are participants in the GPELF is important even after validation of LF elimination.…”

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Assessment of transmission in areas of uncertain endemicity for lymphatic filariasis in Brazil

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BackgroundThe objective of the Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) is to phase out this endemic disease as a public health problem by 2020. Validation of elimination is obtained from the World Health Organization through evidence of non-transmission in countries that have already been subjected to mass drug administration (MDA) and in places adjoining these endemic areas. While three municipalities in Brazil have completed MDA, the epidemiological situation remains uncertain in nine adjoining municipalities. To determine the epidemiological status, this study was to perform a review of the literature and a school-based survey to describe the past and recent endemicity of lymphatic filariasis (LF) theses nine municipalities in Brazil.Methodology/Principle findingsFor review of the literature, both formal and informal literature sources were accessed since the first reports of filariasis in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Brazil. We conducted a school-based survey in 2016 using immunochromatographic card tests (ICTs) among schoolchildren aged 6–10 years living in nine municipalities contiguous with the endemic areas in which MDA was conducted. Our review of the literature identified eight studies involving surveys demonstrating that microfilariae had been circulating in eight of the municipalities since 1967, with a low prevalence of microfilaremia, isolated autochthonous cases, and treatment of individual cases. The school-based survey included 17,222 children in 185 urban schools in the nine areas of Brazil with uncertain endemicity. One child affected by allochthonous transmission was antigen positive based on ICT and lived in a municipality adjacent to Recife; this child’s family came from Recife, but no other case was diagnosed within the family.Conclusions/SignificanceThe study results suggest that there is no transmission of LF in the municipalities investigated. However, these areas have population migration and socioenvironmental conditions favorable to mosquito breeding grounds; therefore, surveillance is strongly recommended in these areas.

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“…xenofobia (BORGES et al, 2018);discriminação (BORGES et al, 2018);estigma (KEYS et al, 2019); falta de qualidade no acesso a serviços de saúde (BORGES et al, 2018;ZUCHI et al, 2017;PANG et al, 2017;MOISE et al, 2015;KENYA et al, 2015); falta de acesso à água potável e ao saneamento básico (KEYS et al, 2019); dificuldades no financiamento da saúde (KEYS et al, 2019);doenças (KEYS et al, 2019;ZUCHI et al, 2017;PANG et al, 2017;MOISE et al, 2015;KENYA et al, 2015); falta de capacitação/formação profissional (ZUCHI et al, 2017;MOISE et al, 2015;KENYA et al, 2015).…”

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Atenção à saúde de imigrantes haitianos em diferentes países na atualidade: revisão integrativa de literatura

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Pessalácia

Balderrama

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Rev Eletron Comun Inf Inov Saúde

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Com a globalização, os fluxos migratórios intensificaram-se e as razões financeiras são umas das principais impulsionadoras de tais eventos. As populações migrantes têm diferentes necessidades, sendo o acesso à saúde algo primordial para garantir a qualidade de vida. Assim, este estudo objetivou analisar a produção científica sobre atenção à saúde de imigrantes internacionais haitianos em diferentes contextos e países, buscando compreender quais são os desafios e as perspectivas para a atenção à saúde dessa população nos contextos investigados. Trata-se de uma Revisão Integrativa de Literatura, realizada a partir de pesquisas nas bases Sistema Online de Busca e Análise de Literatura Médica (Medline/PubMed) e Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), com os descritores padronizados ‘Health Care’ (‘Public Health’), ‘Haiti’ e ‘Emigrants and Immigrants’, combinados por meio do operador booleano AND. Selecionaram-se artigos publicados no período de 2015 a 2019 que fossem em português, inglês ou espanhol e que tratassem desse tema. A partir da análise dos artigos, identificaram-se três categorias de análise temática: Impactos das regulamentações imigratórias na integração dos imigrantes haitianos; Competência intercultural para a atenção à saúde de imigrantes haitianos; e Condições de saúde e acesso a serviços por imigrantes haitianos. Destaca-se a importância da inclusão de aspectos políticos interculturais nas políticas de saúde voltadas à atenção à saúde do imigrante.

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Screening and evaluation of lymphatic filariasis in immigrants from endemic countries residing in a focus where it is considered eliminated in the Southern Region of Brazil: A risk of reemergence?

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Genomic Epidemiology in Filarial Nematodes: Transforming the Basis for Elimination Program Decisions

Genomic Epidemiology in Filarial Nematodes: Transforming the Basis for Elimination Program Decisions

Assessment of transmission in areas of uncertain endemicity for lymphatic filariasis in Brazil

Atenção à saúde de imigrantes haitianos em diferentes países na atualidade: revisão integrativa de literatura

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