Epidemiology of dengue fever in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2000 to 2009

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作者：
Barbosa, Isabelle Ribeiro [1 ]
Araujo, Lucia de Fatima [1 ]
Carlota, Francisco Caninde [1 ]
Araujo, Raquel Saraiva [1 ]
Maciel, Ivan Jose [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Fed de Goias, Inst Patol Trop & Saude Publ, Curso Especializac Epidemiol, Goiania, Go, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed de Goias, Inst Patol Trop & Saude Publ, Dept Saude Colet, Goiania, Go, Brazil
来源：
EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE | 2012年 / 21卷 / 01期
关键词：
dengue fever; epidemiology; epidemiological surveillance; disease reporting; descriptive epidemiology;
D O I：
10.5123/S1679-49742012000100015
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Objective: to describe dengue fever epidemiology in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in the period 2000-2009. Methods: were used secondary data from Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan) and parallel sheets. Results: there were 186,469 registered cases in the period; the annual averages and medians were 18,647 and 17,059 cases, respectively; the highest incidences occurred in the months from February to June, and the circulating virus serotypes detected were DENV-1, DENV-2 and DENV-3; incidence peaks were recorded in the years 2008 (41.987cases) and 2001 (39,968 cases); female gender and individuals aged 15-34 years were the most affected; there was a high percentage of cases with foreclosure criteria ignored or blank; and the lethality rate ranged from 2.0% to 20.0%. Conclusion: in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, the disease reveals endemic profile with epidemic peaks, specially during the (re)introduction of new serotypes.
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