Modelos lineares generalizados aplicados à filariose bancroftiana

Abstract

Bancroftian filariasis is a major public health problem in the tropics with 100 millions of people infected. It is a vector born infection and it is cause by Wuchereria bancrofti a parasite that lives in the human lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes affecting all ages and gender. The basic damage of the lymphatic system is lymphangiectasia which leads to lymphatic dysfunction producing lymphedema (elephantiasis), hydroecele and fistulization syndromes (chyluria, chylocele and lymph scrotum). The aim of this investigation was to study the relationship between the risk of developing fistulation syndrome and several parameters, such a amount of fat on the diet of patients assisted at Center for Teaching, Research and Tertiary Referral for bancroftian filariasis (NEPAF - Federal University of Pernambuco) in Recife, Brazil. The present study was carried out using the generalized linear models (GLMs) for the fitting of logistic model with the statistic program S-PLUS.