Publications by authors named "Luiz Claudio de Souza Oliveira"
Investigation of schistosomiasis cases and deaths in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 2005-2013.
Emília Carolle Azevedo de Oliveira Thúlio José Ferreira Pimentel João Paulo Maciel de Araujo Luiz Claudio de Souza Oliveira Virgínia Conceição Nascimento Fernando
Epidemiol Serv Saude
November 2018
Objective: to describe schistosomiasis cases and deaths among residents of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2005 to 2013.
Methods: this was a descriptive epidemiological study using data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) (2005-2013) and the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) (2007-2013); active tracing of the relatives of the dead was undertaken and probabilistic linkage of the databases (2007-2013) was performed using the Reclink program.
Results: 297 schistosomiasis deaths were recorded on the SIM system; through active tracing, 130 relatives were contacted and 20.