1. Perfil de notificações de malária em gestantes de Oiapoque, Amapá.
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Carvalho de Mendes, Lise Maria, Vieira Silva, Jordânia, Dutok Sanchez, Carlos Manuel, Bezerra Pinheiro, Ana Karina, Gonçalves Barbosa, Nayara, and Azevedo Gomes-Sponholz, Flávia
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PREGNANT women , *MALARIA , *PLASMODIUM vivax , *PLASMODIUM , *GESTATIONAL age , *HEALTH information systems , *PLASMODIUM falciparum , *CITIES & towns - Abstract
Objective: to characterize the notifications of malaria in pregnant women in the municipality of Oiapoque. Method: documentary, descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study, conducted from secondary data of the Epidemiological Surveillance System of Malaria in Oiapoque-Amapá, Brazil, from 2013 to 2017. The following variables of autochthonous cases of malaria in pregnant women are addressed: year, month of occurrence, gestational age, Plasmodium infecting species and notification unit. Data were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistics and formulation of spatial distribution maps, generated by ArcGIS software. Results: notifications predominated in urban areas, especially in the Paraíso neighborhood (74%), with Plasmodium Vivax being the main agent (88%), and with a higher incidence between October and December (33%), in the third gestational quarter (35%). Conclusion: the profile of reports of malaria in pregnant women of this municipality resembles previous studies in this region, regarding the place of concentration and period of greater occurrence. However, the gradual introduction of the protozoan Plasmodium falciparum brings an alert to the mobilization of managers and professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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