Brazil Schistosomiasis Control Program Information System 2009

General Info

Original or alternative title

Sistema de Informação do Programa de Controle da Esquistossomose (SISPCE) 2009

Provider

Ministry of Health (Brazil)

Tabulations only

Geography

Brazil (BRA)

Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Paraíba, Pará, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, Sergipe, São Paulo

Coverage type

Subnational

Time period covered

January, 2009 - December, 2009

Data type

Epi surveillance

Summary

Brazil's Schistosomiasis Control Program Information System, also known as SISPCE (Sistema de Informação do Programa de Controle da Esquistossomose), provides data on the number of confirmed cases of schistosomiasis in schistosomiasis endemic areas, primarily in the northeast and southeast of Brazil, from 1995 to the present. Select data can be downloaded through the SISPCE database interface, and tables can be customized to present data by year, geography, parasite subtype, and demographic characteristics, such as age range, and gender.

Keywords

Incidence, Schistosomiasis

Citation

Contributors

Ministry of Health (Brazil)

Publisher

Ministry of Health (Brazil)

Suggested citation

Ministry of Health (Brazil). Brazil Schistosomiasis Control Program Information System 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ministry of Health (Brazil).