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A Spatial Analysis of the Spread of Hyperendemic Sporotrichosis in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2022; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 8; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/jof8050434

2309-608X

Eduardo Mastrangelo Marinho Falcão, Anselmo Rocha Romão, Mônica de Avelar Figueirêdo Mafra Magalhães, José Berilo de Lima Filho, Antônio Carlos Francesconi do Valle, Francisco Inácio Bastos, Maria Clara Gutierrez‐Galhardo, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas,

Health, Education, and Cultural Studies

Sporotrichosis is a subacute/chronic subcutaneous mycosis. Since the late 1990s, there has been a hyperendemic zoonotic transmission in the state of Rio de Janeiro, involving Sporothrix brasiliensis, the most virulent causative species, and a "belt" was described along the limits between the capital and its outskirts ("Baixada Fluminense"). This study analyzes the distribution of sporotrichosis using secondary data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan) of the Rio de Janeiro State Health Department (SES/RJ) from 2011 to 2015 and from the INI Electronic Patient Record System (Sipec) from 2008 to 2015. Cases diagnosed since the onset of the hyperendemic exceed all previously reported case series of the disease and there is a progressive expansion in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The study suggests the spread of the mycosis to all regions of the state and the expansion of the previously described "belt", despite public health measures and changes in its profile over the years, with great social impact.