Titre :
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Epidemiological survey of histoplasmine and paracoccidioidine skin reactivity in an agricultural area in Bolivar state, Venezuela. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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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
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 2, 2004)
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Pagination :
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189-193
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Epidémiologie
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Enquête épidémiologique
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Enquête
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Surveillance
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Peau
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Amérique
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Mycose
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Infection
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Homme
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Venezuela
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Amérique du Sud
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Résumé :
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[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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