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Temporal trend in the incidence of human visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

2023; ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA; Volume: 28; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1413-81232023289.15422022

1678-4561

Cláudio José dos Santos Júnior, Marquiony Marques dos Santos, Fabio Celso Cipriano de Oliveira Lins, Jackson Pinto Silva, Kênio Costa de Lima,

Parasites and Host Interactions

Abstract It is an ecological study that analyzed the time trend of visceral leishmaniasis incidence rates in Brazil using segmented time regression by joinpoints. There was a decreasing incidence rate of this disease in the country with an average annual percent change (AAPC) of -5 (CI95%: -9.1; -0.6) and a reduction of 1.69 cases/100 thousand inhabitants in 2007, and 0.91/100 thousand inhabitants in 2020. The Central-West region showed the highest reduction percent (AAPC: -9.1; CI95%: -13.8; -4.3), followed by the Southeast region (AAPC: -8.7; -14.6; -2.5). The North and South regions showed the largest number of joinpoints in the time series. The highest incidences were recorded in the male population, however, stable (AAPC: 2.14; CI95%: -8.3; 0). In the age group analysis, the trend was decreasing for the groups from 0 to 4 years old (AAPC: -7.7; CI95%: -12.6; -2.4), 5 to 9 years old (AAPC: -7.3; CI95%: -13.6; -0,4) and 10 to 14 years old (AAPC: -5.5; CI95%: -10.3; -0.3). It was found that although Visceral Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Brazil, there was a decrease in its incidence rate from 2007 to 2020.