Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale.
Trichophyton, Microsporum, Nannizzia and Epidermophyton genera cause dermatophytosis, the most common and highly contagious infectious skin disease. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere, located in the most visited state of Brazil. This retrospective study inve...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e44ee13000984461b3c1e061afa7ef15 2023-06-11T04:09:57+02:00 Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. Simone Cristina Pereira Brito Márcia Ribeiro Pinto Lucas Martins Alcântara Nathália Faria Reis Thiago Lacerda Durães Christina Teresa Machado Bittar Jeferson Carvalhaes de Oliveira Elisabeth Martins da Silva da Rocha Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado Ricardo José de Paula Souza E Guimarães Andréa Regina de Souza Baptista 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010865 https://doaj.org/article/e44ee13000984461b3c1e061afa7ef15 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010865 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010865 https://doaj.org/article/e44ee13000984461b3c1e061afa7ef15 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 4, p e0010865 (2023) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010865 2023-05-07T00:31:57Z Trichophyton, Microsporum, Nannizzia and Epidermophyton genera cause dermatophytosis, the most common and highly contagious infectious skin disease. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere, located in the most visited state of Brazil. This retrospective study investigated epidemiological and laboratorial aspects of dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, by using spatiotemporal analysis. More than half of all individuals were infected by one or more dermatophytes. A variation between 18 and 106 years-old of the studied population was verified, and women more frequently affected. Patients were more frequently infected by Trichophyton spp., most of them T. rubrum, followed by T. mentagrophytes. M. canis and N. gypsea were more frequently isolated in the age group between 40 and 60 years old, while T. rubrum predominates among younger patients. All species presented homogeneous distribution while T. tonsurans appears to be restricted to the Rio de Janeiro capital and E. floccosum to the municipality of Macaé (190 Km apart from RJ). Rio de Janeiro state presented spatial clusters of dermatophytosis with high density in Guanabara Bay (E. floccosum, M. canis, N. gypsea, T. tonsurans) and Niterói (T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes) but low density in Macaé (E. floccosum). Significant spatiotemporal clusters on dermatophytosis cases were detected in distinct municipalities (p-value ≤ 0.05). The Vulnerability Index (r = 0.293) and Demographic Density (r = 0.652) distributed according to neighborhoods in Niterói were direct related with dermatophytosis cases whereas Income (r = -0.306) was inversely correlated (p-value ≤ 0.05). The dermatophytosis spatiotemporal distinct distribution after two major international events in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, highlight the pressing need for specific measures of its prevention and controlling. This is particularly relevant in touristic tropical localities which must consider both socio-economical and traveler's medicine variables. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17 4 e0010865 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Simone Cristina Pereira Brito Márcia Ribeiro Pinto Lucas Martins Alcântara Nathália Faria Reis Thiago Lacerda Durães Christina Teresa Machado Bittar Jeferson Carvalhaes de Oliveira Elisabeth Martins da Silva da Rocha Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado Ricardo José de Paula Souza E Guimarães Andréa Regina de Souza Baptista Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. |
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Trichophyton, Microsporum, Nannizzia and Epidermophyton genera cause dermatophytosis, the most common and highly contagious infectious skin disease. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere, located in the most visited state of Brazil. This retrospective study investigated epidemiological and laboratorial aspects of dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, by using spatiotemporal analysis. More than half of all individuals were infected by one or more dermatophytes. A variation between 18 and 106 years-old of the studied population was verified, and women more frequently affected. Patients were more frequently infected by Trichophyton spp., most of them T. rubrum, followed by T. mentagrophytes. M. canis and N. gypsea were more frequently isolated in the age group between 40 and 60 years old, while T. rubrum predominates among younger patients. All species presented homogeneous distribution while T. tonsurans appears to be restricted to the Rio de Janeiro capital and E. floccosum to the municipality of Macaé (190 Km apart from RJ). Rio de Janeiro state presented spatial clusters of dermatophytosis with high density in Guanabara Bay (E. floccosum, M. canis, N. gypsea, T. tonsurans) and Niterói (T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes) but low density in Macaé (E. floccosum). Significant spatiotemporal clusters on dermatophytosis cases were detected in distinct municipalities (p-value ≤ 0.05). The Vulnerability Index (r = 0.293) and Demographic Density (r = 0.652) distributed according to neighborhoods in Niterói were direct related with dermatophytosis cases whereas Income (r = -0.306) was inversely correlated (p-value ≤ 0.05). The dermatophytosis spatiotemporal distinct distribution after two major international events in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, highlight the pressing need for specific measures of its prevention and controlling. This is particularly relevant in touristic tropical localities which must consider both socio-economical and traveler's medicine variables. |
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Simone Cristina Pereira Brito Márcia Ribeiro Pinto Lucas Martins Alcântara Nathália Faria Reis Thiago Lacerda Durães Christina Teresa Machado Bittar Jeferson Carvalhaes de Oliveira Elisabeth Martins da Silva da Rocha Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado Ricardo José de Paula Souza E Guimarães Andréa Regina de Souza Baptista |
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Simone Cristina Pereira Brito Márcia Ribeiro Pinto Lucas Martins Alcântara Nathália Faria Reis Thiago Lacerda Durães Christina Teresa Machado Bittar Jeferson Carvalhaes de Oliveira Elisabeth Martins da Silva da Rocha Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado Ricardo José de Paula Souza E Guimarães Andréa Regina de Souza Baptista |
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Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. |
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Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. |
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Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. |
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Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. |
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Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale. |
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spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in rio de janeiro, southeast brazil: a tropical tourist locality tale. |
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