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Raiva humana e transmissão do vírus rábico por morcegos: o que sabe e como se informa a população de um município sob risco na Amazônia brasileira
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-07-01) ANDRADE, Etiene Monteiro de; BEZERRA, Isis Abel; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3274919406647242
The objective of this study was to verify what the population of Curuçá, a municipality in the Amazon of Pará, in which bat attacks are second in reports of aggression by animals, knows about the transmission, prevention and risks of rabies, especially that transmitted bats, as well as identifying the means of communication used by the population to inform themselves about the disease and news in general. A cross-sectional observational study was carried out, with a sample of 377 city dwellers, randomly selected by means of a proportional stratified sampling, considering the census sectors of Curuçá as strata. These subjects answered a semi-structured questionnaire to assess what they knew about rabies and the means used to obtain this information. As a result, it was found that the majority of respondents (72.9%) stated that they know what rabies is, although they do not know how to indicate aspects such as reservoirs, forms of transmission and symptoms, in addition to not presenting self-care practices for rabies. prevention. It was also found that the bat is the second most present animal in reports of aggressions (24.6%) and that the majority of respondents (67.9%) were unaware of the outbreaks in the state in 2004 and 2005. It was concluded with this study that the knowledge of the population of Curuçá about rabies is limited, obtained mainly in their own circle of coexistence, through personal contacts and as for the mass media, a preference was found to obtain information by means that do not require reading, such as television and radio. This work points out what content needs to be accessible to this population and the means of communication that would be most effective in this socio-geographical and cultural context.
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Virological and serological diagnosis of rabies in bats from an urban area in the brazilian Amazon
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-12) OLIVEIRA, Rubens Souza de; COSTA, Lanna Jamile Corrêa da; ANDRADE, Fernanda Atanaena Gonçalves de; UIEDA, Wilson; MARTORELLI, Luzia Fatima Alves; KATAOKA, Ana Paula de Arruda Geraldes; ROSA, Elizabeth Salbé Travassos da; VASCONCELOS, Pedro Fernando da Costa; PEREIRA, Armando de Souza; FERNANDES, Marcus Emanuel Barroncas; CARMO, Antônio Ismael Barros do
The outbreaks of rabies in humans transmitted by Desmodus rotundus in 2004 and 2005, in the northeast of the Brazilian State of Para, eastern Amazon basin, made this a priority area for studies on this zoonosis. Given this, the present study provides data on this phenomenon in an urban context, in order to assess the possible circulation of the classic rabies virus (RABV) among bat species in Capanema, a town in the Amazon basin. Bats were collected, in 2011, with mist nets during the wet and dry seasons. Samples of brain tissue and blood were collected for virological and serological survey, respectively. None of the 153 brain tissue samples analyzed tested positive for RABV infection, but 50.34% (95% CI: 45.67-55.01%) of the serum samples analyzed were seropositive. Artibeus planirostris was the most common species, with a high percentage of seropositive individuals (52.46%, 95% CI: 52.31 52.60%). Statistically, equal proportions of seropositive results were obtained in the rainy and dry seasons (c2 = 0.057, d.f. = 1, p = 0.88). Significantly higher proportions of males (55.96%, 95% CI: 48.96-62.96%) and adults (52.37%, 95% CI: 47.35-57.39%) were seropositive. While none of the brain tissue samples tested positive for infection, the high proportion of seropositive specimens indicates that RABV may be widespread in this urban area.