Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Research
Epidemiologic and Clinical Progression of Lobomycosis among Kaiabi Indians, Brazil, 1965–2019
Marcos C. Florian
, Douglas A. Rodrigues, Sofia B.M. de Mendonça, Arnaldo L. Colombo, and Jane Tomimori
, Douglas A. Rodrigues, Sofia B.M. de Mendonça, Arnaldo L. Colombo, and Jane Tomimori
Table 1
Follow-up observational epidemiologic data on lobomycosis among Kaiabi Indians, Brazil, 1957–2019*
| Year | No. reported cases/y | Sex, no. |
Total cases | Estimated population | Estimated prevalence of lobomycosis among living Kaiabi population, % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | |||||
| 1957 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ND | NA |
| 1966 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 14 | ND | NA |
| 1967 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 23 | ND | NA |
| 1973 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 180 | 15.5 |
| 1979 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 50 | ND | NA |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 400 | 12.7 |
| 1982 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 500 | 10.8 |
| 1986 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56 | ND | NA |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | ND | NA |
| 1990–91 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | ND | NA |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | ND | NA |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 63 (26 alive) | 2,242 | 1.16 |
*NA, not applicable; ND, no data.
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