Riesgo y distribución geográfica de Neurocisticercosis en Chile

Autores/as

  • Alan Oyarce Instituto de Salud Pública
  • Salvador Ayala Instituto de Salud Pública
  • Mauricio Canals Departamento Ciencias Ecológicas Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de Chile

Palabras clave:

Cysticercosis, Epidemiology, Neurocysticercosis, Risk, Geographic Locations

Resumen

Background: Neurocysticercosis is the most prevalent parasitic disease of the central nervous system in Chile, where sporadic cases are reported, without information about the epidemiology or distribution of the disease. Aim: To identify the main risk zones for cysticercosis in Chile. Material and methods: Analysis of hospital discharge databases between 2002 and 2019, available at the website of the Chilean Ministry of Health. Cases with B69 code of the tenth international classification of diseases were identified. Results: In the study period, there were 1752 discharges with the diagnoses of neurocysticercosis, ocular cysticercosis and cysticercosis of other sites. The ages of patients ranged from 0 to 89 years with a clustering between 30 and 59 years. Sixty two percent were males. The zone between the regions of Maule and Araucania concentrated 82% of cases. Conclusions: We identified the zone with the greatest concentration of cysticercosis in Chile, where preventive strategies should eventually be directed.

Biografía del autor/a

Alan Oyarce, Instituto de Salud Pública

Candidato a Mg salud Pública

Salvador Ayala, Instituto de Salud Pública

Candidato Dr Salud Pública

Mauricio Canals, Departamento Ciencias Ecológicas Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de Chile

Prof Titular Dpto Medicina y ESP Fac Medicina U de Chile

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Publicado

2022-01-14

Cómo citar

Oyarce, A., Ayala, S., & Canals, M. (2022). Riesgo y distribución geográfica de Neurocisticercosis en Chile. Revista Médica De Chile, 150(2). Recuperado a partir de https://revistamedicadechile.cl/index.php/rmedica/article/view/9362

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Salud Pública