Contato humano com morcegos em Belo Horizonte, MG,de 1990 a 1998

• Ano de defesa: 1999
• Autor(a) principal: Cecilia Maria Dias
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; UFMG
• Palavras-chave em Português: Medicina Veterinária; Morcego hematofago Belo Horizonte (MG); Morcego como transmissor de doenças Belo Horizonte (MG)
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/BUOS-8PPP4F

Starting from data of 76.890 cards of persons that to consider exposed to rabies infection, saw in Carlos Chagas Health Unit, Belo Horizonte city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A retrospective study was realized between January, 1990 and July, 1997, had been investigated 186 persons that had a contact with bats. 124 cards of with home and incident in Belo Horizonte was select. The prospective study was realized between August, 1997 and July, 1998 based on answering of 10.439 persons. Forty one patiens had a contact with bats, where 24 persons living and had contact in Belo Horizonte. The records of both studies shows that the men between 20 and 60 yeara old. and womem more than 60 years old was more exposeds. Didn`t exist signiiicant diferences between sexs. Bite is the kind of predominant contact with more frequency to only and superficial lesion.