Malária em gestantes no município de Cruzeiro do Sul pertencente à região amazônica brasileira / Malaria in pregnant women in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, belonging to the Brazilian Amazon

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

29/06/2011

RESUMO

Introduction - Malaria a great problem of public health is considered in different areas of the world, happening mainly at the underdeveloped countries, determiming million annual deaths, mainly in children and in pregnant women. In Brazil, 99,7% of malaria occurs in Amazonica region. Objective-Estimate the incidence of the malaria during the pregnancy, describing the characteristics sociodemográficas, clinics and laboratory and estimate effects of the malaria on the mother and the concepto. Methodology - Study transverse, with pregnant women in abortion process or of childbirth and their conceptos in the maternity of the district of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil, of January to December of 2009. Applied standardized questionnaire, collection of bloods samples the mother\ s, placenta and umbilical cord and also of the newly born to evaluate species and parasitic quantification. Histologia of the placenta was colection. Results - It was included in the study 1870 women pregnancy, incidence of the malaria of 8,7% . Age that varied from 12 to 48, average 23 years, instruction degree around 5 to 8 years of study (43,3%), 1277 (71,4%) they are of the home and 966 (51,7%) coming from the rural area. Plasmodium vivax and parasitemia until a cross was the most frequent. Low birth weight, prematurity and miscarriage were not significant. Anemia in the mother was the most important effect. No cases congenital malaria. Histological alterations in the placenta were found in both species. Conclusion Incidence of malaria in pregnant women of the district of Cruzeiro do Sul, were of 8,7% and infection taxes in the placenta around 5,6%. Anemia in the mother was the most important effect.

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gravidez incidence of malaria incidência de malária malaria malária maternal health pregnancy saúde materna

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