Triatomine Fauna and Recent Epidemiological Dynamics of Chagas Disease in an Endemic Area of Northeast Brazil
Table 4
Percentage of positive serology for Chagas disease in human patients based on the detection of IgG antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi by indirect immunofluorescence and according to municipalities of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, from 2012 to 2016.
Risk
Municipality
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Average period
High
Itabaiana
—
0.00
0.00
20.00
0.00
4.00
Itabaianinha
6.67
50.00
13.04
46.15
50.00
33.17
Lagarto
0.00
0.00
8.00
0.00
0.00
1.60
Medium
Arauá
0.00
0.00
—
33.33
—
6.67
Boquim
33.33
0.00
0.00
7.14
0.00
8.10
Cristinápolis
0.00
30.00
71.43
11.11
17.65
26.04
Cumbe
16.67
—
—
—
—
3.33
Estancia
11.54
8.79
10.96
1.96
9.09
8.47
Indiaroba
100.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
60.00
Pedrinhas
—
14.29
0.00
0.00
50.00
12.86
Simão Dias
33.33
50.00
33.33
20.00
33.33
34.00
Tobias Barreto
0.00
0.00
0.75
13.33
0.00
2.82
Tomar do Geru
—
33.33
—
—
—
6.67
Umbauba
100.00
5.26
19.23
9.57
37.14
34.24
Low
Itaporanga D’Ajuda
0.00
16.67
33.33
0.00
25.00
15.00
No risk
Brejo Grande
—
100.00
—
0.00
0.00
20.00
Carmópolis
0.00
100.00
0.00
—
—
20.00
Japoatã
—
50.00
—
—
0.00
10.00
Nossa Senhora do Socorro
0.00
0.00
15.38
11.11
20.00
9.30
São Cristóvão
0.00
0.00
0.00
16.67
0.00
3.33
Aracaju
4.76
8.47
6.25
14.81
5.71
8.00
UC
Pinhão
—
25.00
0.00
—
—
5.00
Total prevalence/year
3.60
9.19
5.56
9.74
17.62
Risk for the transmission of CD according to the classification guidelines of the Ministry of Health. UC: unclassified [37]. Source: Central Laboratory of Public Health of Sergipe (LACEN/SE).
