SARAIVA, R. S. P. Incidence of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Paraíba Patients

Introduction: Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan heteroroxênico, intracellular binding, which affects the cells of the phagocyte system mononuclear of several species of animals. In Brazil, Leishmania chagasi is the most common etiology of visceral leishmaniasis, is transmitted by a vector insect blood-sucking sandfly, species Lutzomia longipalpis Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the number of cases of leishmaniasis American Visceral Paraiba in the years 2007-2015. Methodology: This is a retrospective study with a quantitative approach, from data from the DATASUS. The population for the study were all cases of Leishmaniasis confirmed in the city of Cajazeiras PB. Results: It was noticed from the analysis of the results, the number of disease cases in paraíba fluctuates a lot, and in recent years the number of cases of percentage reached high levels as in 2014 reached 60 cases, and 2015 with total of 45 cases. Conclusion: Many challenges must be overcome in fighting this disease, but the emphasis should be on scientific, technological development and innovation in health. more studies for the development of new drugs, drug regimens and clinical management protocols are needed, and for this, a survey of numbers of cases is important, as it will give subsidy for efforts to be made, especially in areas of high prevalence of disease.