Identificação dos casos de Leishmaniose Tegumentar Americana no laboratório Municipal de Barra do Garças-MT

Abstract

American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic transmitted disease, caused by female sandflies of the order Diptera; Family Psychodidae; Phlebotominae subfamily, which can manifest itself in humans and domestic and wild animals, has different clinical forms, this pathology mainly affects the skin and mucosa. Its morphology is composed of three forms, which are amastigotes, promastigotes and paramastigotes, possible treatments, diagnoses and etiological agents. American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis is caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania ross, it is a protozoan whose biological cycle affects two hosts, vertebrates that may include mammals. The study was carried out in the municipality of Barra do Garças-MT, by examining patients with ATL disease reported at the Doutor Arnulfo da Cunha Coutinho Municipal Laboratory. The variables analyzed were: highest incidence in the years 2018 to 2019, gender, age group, place of residence, month with the highest number of positive cases, the analysis observed by graphs by number of cases and percentage. The year 2019 was the year of highest incidence with 14 reported cases, the most affected sex is men with a total of 24 positive cases with a percentage of 71%, when adding the age groups it was observed that individuals aged 41-60 years are the most affected with a percentage of 31%, the month with the highest incidence was October, the most affected neighborhood is the rural area. Thus, we concluded in this research that the municipality has high rates of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis with a higher prevalence in 2019, in the age group of 41-60 years with 35%, the neighborhood with the highest prevalence of ATL is the rural area, the disease is more affected in men.