Author: Bruniera-Oliveira, Robson; Horta, Marco Aurélio Pereira; Varan, Aiden; Montiel, Sonia; Carmo, Eduardo Hage; Waterman, Stephen H; Verani, José Fernando de Souza
Title: Epidemiological surveillance of land borders in North and South America: a case study Document date: 2017_11_6
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Snippet: In larger border areas, such as those of the U.S. and Brazil, there are large numbers of residents. Together with the intense population flow, this provides a favorable scenario for the occurrence and spread of communicable and noncommunicable diseases 8, 27 . Ferraz et al. 28 and Spradling et al. 29 pointed toward different profiles of tuberculosis and acute viral hepatitis in the border regions of Brazil and the United States, respectively, whe.....
Document: In larger border areas, such as those of the U.S. and Brazil, there are large numbers of residents. Together with the intense population flow, this provides a favorable scenario for the occurrence and spread of communicable and noncommunicable diseases 8, 27 . Ferraz et al. 28 and Spradling et al. 29 pointed toward different profiles of tuberculosis and acute viral hepatitis in the border regions of Brazil and the United States, respectively, when compared with States and national rates. Thus, the inclusion and prioritization of BES activities, mainly at the local and federal levels, are an important step toward consolidation of health surveillance systems reflecting the recognition of the importance of the issue by the governments.
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