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Puricelli,Rubens C. B.; Kupek,Emil; Westrupp,Maria Helena Bittencourt. |
Consolidation of data on meningococcal disease surveillance for the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, has provided new insight about the evolution of this disease during the period of 1971-2000. A descriptive epidemiological study, based on retrospective analysis of all cases of meningococcal disease notified in the state of Santa Catarina, linked the surveillance data from the Secretary of the State of Health, magnetic tape records and the data from the national surveillance of diseases of obligatory notification. Following World Health Organization guidelines, cumulative incidence exceeding five cases per 100,000 inhabitants was considered indicative of an epidemic. Official population data from the Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Surveillance; Vaccination; Brazil. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000300008 |
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Brum,Liane; Kupek,Emil. |
Record linkage and capture-recapture models were used to estimate the number of cases of human leptospirosis in the health district of Santa Maria, RS in southern Brazil. Twelve months of laboratory, hospital and epidemiological surveillance data were matched by name, age, residence and the month of diagnosis. Only laboratory-confirmed cases were considered. The record linkage revealed more than 20 times more cases than the official estimate for the health district, indicating a leptospirosis epidemic, with an annual incidence of more than 3 per 1,000 inhabitants and a case fatality of 0.37%. Severe cases were predominantly found through hospital records, overlapping to some extent with the epidemiological surveillance data, whereas less severe cases were... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leptospirosis; Record linkage; Capture-recapture; Log-linear models; Reporting bias. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000600011 |
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