American Tegumentary Leishmaniais: about the residential complex Inocente Vila Nova Júnior in Maringá, state of Paraná, 2001 – 2004 - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v26i2.1586

Abstract

The prevalence of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) has been historically associated with the degradation of the environment in urban and agricultural areas. The ATL is an illness of obliged notification, remaining endemic in Maringá. The aim of this work was to identify the nature of the cases of Leishmaniose occurred in the residential complex Inocente Vila Nova Júnior and the actions carried out for the vector’s control. The ATL samples were collected with the data base of the Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Coordenação Municipal de Epidemiologia, Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN), from 2001 to 2003. After the investigation of the cases, considered autochthonous, combat actions against the vector in the local bush area. Results show that the urban area, considered as reference and sociability between men and nature, starts to have the quality of aggravating space when it creates life forms inside of a non-balanced system that can infect the men. Thus, it is important to have scientific studies and planning for these areas, protecting its functions and impacts to the society.