Abstract

MACIEL, Giovana Belem Moreira Lima; ESPINOSA, Mariano Martinez  and  ATANAKA-SANTOS, Marina. Epidemiology of malaria in the municipality of Colniza, Mato Grosso State, Brazil: descriptive study in the period 2003 to 2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.3, pp.465-474. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000300011.

OBJECTIVE: this study's aim was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of malaria in the municipality of Colniza, Mato Grosso state, Brazil between 2003 and 2009. METHOD: the descriptive epidemiology of malaria cases registered in Colniza was done using Malaria Epidemiological Surveillance System (SIVEP_malaria) data for theperiod 2003-2009. RESULTS: most of the of 18,903 cases (90.5%) were autochthonous, predominantly in men (71.4%) aged 15 to 59 (74.4%), with 4 to 7 years of formal education (19.5%) and average age of 27.7 years, caused by Plasmodium vivax (77.7%) and by Plasmodium falciparum (21.6%). Comparing cases by Notifying Unit Region (UNR), most cases between 2005 and 2006 occurred in Guariba. CONCLUSION: Colniza showed an increase in malaria prevalence between 2003 and 2007 and a decrease in 2008 and 2009. Distinct epidemic-endemic processes and trends were verified for each of the municipality's UNRs.

Keywords : Malaria; Epidemiology, Descriptive; Brazilian Amazon.

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