Title
Mapping the residual incidence of taeniasis and cysticercosis in Colombia, 2009–2013, using geographical information systems: Implications for public health and travel medicine
Date Issued
01 March 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rodríguez-Morales A.J.
Yepes-Echeverri M.C.
Acevedo-Mendoza W.F.
Marín-Rincón H.A.
Parra-Valencia E.
Cardona-Ospina J.A.
Flisser A.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier USA
Abstract
Background: In Colombia, taeniasis and cysticercosis have been significantly reduced over the past decades, however still reported with implications for public health and travel medicine. Methods: An observational, retrospective study, in which the incidence of taeniasis and cysticercosis (ICD-10 codes B68s/B69s) in Colombia, 2009–2013, was estimated based on data extracted from the Individual Health Records System (Registro Individual de Prestación de Servicios, RIPS) was performed. The Geographic Information System (GIS) generated national maps showing the distribution of taeniasis and cysticercosis by department by year. Results: During the period, 3626 cases were reported (median 796/year), for a cumulative crude national rate of 7.7 cases/100,000pop; 58.2% corresponded to male; 57% were <40 year-old (10.2% < 9.9 year-old). Cases were 57.6% neurocysticercosis, the rest were taeniasis due to T. solium, T. saginata, ocular cysticercosis and cysticerci in other organs. Bolivar, a touristic department, had the highest cumulated incidence rate (16.17 cases/100,000pop), as also evident across the map series developed in this study. Conclusion: Despite the limitations of this study, data presented provide recent estimates of national taeniasis and cysticercosis incidence in the country useful in public health and for travel medicine practitioners, as some highly touristic areas presented higher disease incidence. Improved control, particularly of taeniasis, should be an attainable goal, which among other strategies would require improved sanitation and health education to prevent transmission, but also enhanced surveillance.
Start page
51
End page
57
Volume
22
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85044636741
PubMed ID
Source
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
ISSN of the container
14778939
Sponsor(s)
Training on GIS for Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales was funded by Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira , Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. This study is part of the project “Desarrollo de Mapas Epidemiológicos a través de Sistemas de Información Geográfica para la Caracterización Geográfica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales en el Eje Cafetero de Colombia” (Code 5-15-5 [2015–2018]), Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, Innovación y Extensión, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira , Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Authors thank the support of the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Dr. Rodolfo Adrián Cabrales and the Council of the Faculty for partial travel support to the meetings where this study was presented (Santa Marta, Colombia and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil). Also to the Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases, Chapter Coffee-Triangle Region, for partial travel support.
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