| Titre : | Epidemiological survey of histoplasmine and paracoccidioidine skin reactivity in an agricultural area in Bolivar state, Venezuela. (2004) |
| Auteurs : | Julman ROSIRIS CERMENO ; Frannelly ALCALA ; Ytalia BLANCO ; Ismery CABELLO ; Julmery-Jesus CERMENO ; July-Josefina CERMENO ; Teofilo Garcia ; Gerardo GODOY ; Yesenia GUZMAN ; Isabel HERNANDEZ ; Yida ORELLAN ; Salvador Penna ; Universidad de Oriente. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario'Ruiz y Páez'Escuela de Medicina'Dr Francisco Battistini Casalta'Departamento de Medicina. Ciudad Bolivar. VEN ; Universidad de Oriente. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario'Ruiz y Páez'Escuela de Medicina'Dr Francisco Battistini Casalta'Departamento de Parasitologia y Microbiologia. Ciudad Bolivar. VEN |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 2, 2004) |
| Pagination : | 189-193 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Epidémiologie ; Enquête épidémiologique ; Enquête ; Surveillance ; Peau ; Amérique ; Mycose ; Infection ; Homme ; Venezuela ; Amérique du Sud |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Aume9R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Paracoccidiodomycosis and histoplasmosis are endemic diseases in the south of Venezuela, representing a public health problem. Prevalence of Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis and Histoplasma capsulatum infections were estimated in Monte Ralo, a rural community area of Bolivar state using paracoccidiodine and histoplasmine skin tests. Paracoccidiodine was intradermically injected to 173 persons and readings were made at 24 and 48 h afterwards to 167 persons (97.85%). Reaction was positive in 8.5% (n=14) at 24 h post-injection and 13.2% (n=20) at 48 h. Farmers showed the higher percentage of positivity at 24 and 48 h. One hundred-seventy five persons were intradermically injected with histoplasmine but 167 and 157 of them attended for reading of the dermal reaction at 24 and 48 h post-injection respectively. Tests were positive in 25.7% (n=43) at 24 h and 42.7% (n=67) at 48 h. Further studies are needed in surrounding places to delimit the endemic area of these mycosis in the Bolivar state. However, epidemiological vigilance of PCM and H should be considered by local health authorities. |
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