Geoprocessamento dos casos de Tuberculose, Hepatite C e Coinfecção com HIV no município de Santa Cruz do Sul : 2016 a 2018.

Abstract

There are over 50 different infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis and tuberculosis (TB), as well as other emerging and reemerging pathologies that pose a threat to public health. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical, epidemiological characteristics and spatial distribution of hepatitis C (HCV) and TB cases in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul from 2016 to 2018. A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed. 298 patients, 102 reported for HCV (34.23%) and 196 (65.77%) for TB. HCV data were collected from Sinan Reporting Disease Information System records and TB data from records of the municipal reference unit for tuberculosis treatment. The cases were geoprocessed using the address informed in the notification. Of the total cases analyzed, 195 (65.4%) were male and 127 (42.7%) were over 51 years old. TB-HIV coinfection was 2.5 times higher than HCV-HIV (6.9% vs. 17.3%). There was a prevalence of low education for both pathologies. The neighborhoods with the highest incidence of HCV and TB cases were those with low socioeconomic status, located in the Midwest region of the city. Thus, it can be concluded that the highest incidence of HCV and TB is found in neighborhoods of low socioeconomic status, predominantly in males over 51 years old with low education.