Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Volume 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 209-217

Migration and urban schistosomiasis. The case of São Lourenço da Mata, Northeast of Brazil (Article) (Open Access)

Ximenes R.A.D.A.* , Southgate B. , Smith P.G. , Guimarães Neto L.
  • a Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitaria, Av. Moraes Rego s/n, 50670-420 Recife, PE, Brazil
  • b [Affiliation not available]
  • c [Affiliation not available]
  • d [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

A population-based case-control design was used to investigate the association between migration, urbanisation and schistosomiasis in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Northeast of Brazil. 1022 cases and 994 controls, aged 10 to 25, were selected. The natives and the migrants who come from endemic areas have a similar risk of infection. On the other hand, the risk of infection of migrants from nonendemic areas seems to be related with the time elapsed since their arrival in São Lourenço da Mata; those who have been living in that urban area for 5 or more years have a risk of infection similar to that of the natives. Those arriving in the metropolitan region of Recife mostly emigrate from "zona da mata" and "zona do agreste" in the state of Pernambuco. Due to the changes in the sugar agro-industry and to the increase in the area used for cattle grazing these workers were driven to villages and cities. The pattern of urbanisation created the conditions for the establishment of foci of transmission in São Lourenço da Mata.

Author Keywords

Urban schistosomiasis Migration

Index Keywords

human Urbanization Urban Health Cross-Sectional Studies health cross-sectional study Humans Adolescent male female risk factor Risk Factors prevalence Article disease transmission adult schistosomiasis migration age distribution Brazil Case-Control Studies Transients and Migrants case control study Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034219388&doi=10.1590%2fS0036-46652000000400006&partnerID=40&md5=71fe1617c10eb4b728c18603d725fcf7
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000400006
ISSN: 00364665
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English