Publications by authors named "Jarier de Oliveira Moreno"
In June 2019, a horse with neurological disorder was diagnosed with West Nile virus (WNV) in Boa Viagem, a municipality in the state of Ceará, northeast Brazil. A multi-institutional task force coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Health was deployed to the area for case investigation. A total of 513 biological samples from 78 humans, 157 domestic animals and 278 free-ranging wild birds, as well as 853 adult mosquitoes of 22 species were tested for WNV by highly specific serological and/or molecular tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is considered as an important tropical disease because it rapidly spreads across a wide geographical area. This study aimed to analyse the temporal and spatial patterns of incidence, mortality and case fatality rates due to human VL in Ceará, Brazil, from 2007 to 2018. This is an ecological study involving time series and spatial analyses, and data were obtained from human VL notifications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This study analyzed the magnitude and temporal trends of leprosy relapse in Ceará in 2001-2018.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional and ecological-time trend studies were performed.
Results: We diagnosed 1,777 leprosy relapse cases.
Objective: To analyze the temporal trend and describe the spatial distribution of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in Fortaleza from 2007 to 2017.
Methods: This was an ecological study using segmented temporal regression and thematic mapping.
Results: Between 2007-2017, 1,660 new cases and 97 deaths were confirmed.
Human visceral leishmaniasis: epidemiological, temporal and spacial aspects in Northeast Brazil, 2003-2017.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
April 2020
Article Synopsis
- Visceral leishmaniasis, a deadly disease caused by the Leishmania parasite and primarily transmitted by sandflies, is endemic in Ceara State, Brazil, where dogs serve as the main reservoir.
- The study analyzed human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) cases in Ceara from 2003 to 2017, revealing it mainly affects urban males, particularly children under five and young adults aged 30-49.
- Findings show a concerning trend of increasing incidence and mortality rates, along with a geographic expansion of the disease throughout the region.
Post-exposure human rabies prophylaxis: spatial patterns of inadequate procedures in Ceará - Brazil, 2007 to 2015.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
February 2020
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined the distribution of inappropriate post-exposure human rabies treatments in Ceará, Brazil from 2007 to 2015, using data from a disease notification system.
- - Analyzing 222,036 records showed that a significant 95.8% were inappropriate, displaying uneven spatial distribution with notable clusters in the northeast and northwest regions.
- - The results aim to inform targeted strategies to minimize unnecessary rabies treatment procedures in the future.