Malaria in a vulnerable population living in quilombo remnant communities in the Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study from 2005-2020

Authors

  • Beatriz Costa Ribeiro Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Belém, Pará, Brazil
  • Carla Gisele R Garcia Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Belém, Pará, Brazil; Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil
  • Lilian Jéssica Passos Lima Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Belém, Pará, Brazil
  • João F. Guerreiro Universidade Federal do Pará, Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Belém, Pará, Brazil
  • Marinete Marins Póvoa Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil
  • Maristela G. Cunha Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Belém, Pará, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0489-7495

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/

Keywords:

Malaria, Quilombo remnant communities, Para State, Amazon region, Brazil

Abstract

Quilombo remnant communities are areas officially recognized by the Brazilian government as historical communities founded by formerly enslaved individuals. These communities are mostly located in the endemic areas of malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. We retrospectively described the prevalence of malaria among individuals living in 32 recognized quilombo remnant communities in the Baiao and Oriximina municipalities located in the Para State. The number of malaria cases and the Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) recorded by the Brazilian malaria surveillance system (SIVEP-Malaria) from January 2005 to December 2020 were analyzed. We found that all communities registered at least one case over the 16-year period, the most frequent parasitic species being Plasmodium vivax (76.1%). During this period, 0.44% (4,470/1,008,714) of the malaria cases registered in Para State were reported in these quilombo remnant communities, with frequencies of 10.9% (856/7,859) in Baiao municipality and 39.1% (3,614/9,238) in Oriximina municipality, showing that individuals living in these rural communities are exposed to malaria. These data indicate that effective surveillance requires improved measures to identify malaria transmission among vulnerable populations living in quilombo remnant communities in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Published

2024-05-03

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How to Cite

Ribeiro, B. C., Garcia, C. G. R., Lima, L. J. P., Guerreiro, J. F., Póvoa, M. M., & Cunha, M. G. (2024). Malaria in a vulnerable population living in quilombo remnant communities in the Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study from 2005-2020. Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 66, e25. https://doi.org/10.1590/