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| Oliveira,Stefan Vilges de; Guimarães,Jessica Noronha; Reckziegel,Guilherme Carneiro; Neves,Bidiah Mariano da Costa; Araújo-Vilges,Keline Medeiros de; Fonseca,Lidsy Ximenes; Pinna,Fernanda Voietta; Pereira,Simone Valéria Costa; Caldas,Eduardo Pacheco de; Gazeta,Gilberto Salles; Gurgel-Gonçalves,Rodrigo. |
| Abstract Background Spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsial disease. In Brazil, its notification to the Ministry of Health is compulsory. Since 2007, cases of spotted fever have been integrated to the Notifiable Diseases Information System, and epidemiological analyzes are part of the routines on surveillance programs. Methods This descriptive study updates epidemiological information on cases of spotted fever registered in Brazil between 2007 and 2015. Results In Brazil, 17,117 suspected cases of the disease were reported and 1,245 were confirmed in 12 states, mainly in São Paulo (550, 44.2 %) and Santa Catarina (276, 22.2 %). No geographic information was registered for 132 cases (10.6 %). Most of the infected people were men (70.9 %), mainly in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rickettsial diseases; Epidemiology; Information system; Tick-borne disease. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992016000100315 |
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| Reckziegel,Guilherme Carneiro; Pinto,Vitor Laerte. |
| Background Scorpionism is a serious public health problem in Brazil. Nationwide epidemiological analyses of scorpion stings are scarce. In this context, the present study aims to provide an epidemiological analysis of accidents involving scorpions in Brazil.Methods An analytical epidemiological study of the scorpion accidents reported in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) was conducted from 2000 to 2012 in Brazil.Results During this period, 482,616 accidents and 728 deaths were reported. The annual average incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants were 19.6 and 0.030, respectively, with annual average lethality rate of 0.16%. The highest accident frequency was recorded in male subjects, aged 20–49 years, from September to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tityus; Scorpion sting; Epidemiological profile; Public health; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200337 |
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