Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil
INTRODUCTION: The dengue fever remains to be a disease of serious public health concern, and its incidence has increased in the past decades. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiological incidence of dengue in the period 2001-2010. METHODS: This is an epidemiological study of dengue in the m...
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| author | José Antonio Barreto Alves Jokasta Rodrigues Santos Emanuelle Nabuco de Mendonça Ana Cristina Freire Abud Mariangela da Silva Nunes Ricardo Fakhouri Ana Dorcas de Melo Inagaki Murilo Marchioro Angelo Roberto Antoniolli |
| author_facet | José Antonio Barreto Alves Jokasta Rodrigues Santos Emanuelle Nabuco de Mendonça Ana Cristina Freire Abud Mariangela da Silva Nunes Ricardo Fakhouri Ana Dorcas de Melo Inagaki Murilo Marchioro Angelo Roberto Antoniolli |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: The dengue fever remains to be a disease of serious public health concern, and its incidence has increased in the past decades. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiological incidence of dengue in the period 2001-2010. METHODS: This is an epidemiological study of dengue in the municipality of Aracaju, state of Sergipe, in the period between 2001 and 2010, whose data were obtained from the Information System of Diseases Notifications. A descriptive analysis of the number of confirmed cases of dengue, according to year, semester, sanitary district, age, and sex, was performed. RESULTS: There were 16,462 confirmed cases, especially in 2008, which obtained the highest incidence of the disease, with 10,485 confirmed cases. The first semester obtained the highest registration of cases during the years of research; this was predominated by females between 15 and 49 years old. With regard to the territorial distribution, the second district of the municipality obtained the highest number of cases. CONCLUSIONS: In 2008, in the City of Aracaju, SE, a significant increase in the proportion of dengue cases compared with other years was verified. However, a fast decline in the other years was observed, possibly because of the intensification of preventive actions to combat the mosquito that transmits the dengue virus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5dce09b5cf7041179c6de06ea0d14a262022-12-22T02:26:43ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492011-12-0144667067310.1590/S0037-86822011000600004S0037-86822011000600004Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, BrazilJosé Antonio Barreto Alves0Jokasta Rodrigues Santos1Emanuelle Nabuco de Mendonça2Ana Cristina Freire Abud3Mariangela da Silva Nunes4Ricardo Fakhouri5Ana Dorcas de Melo Inagaki6Murilo Marchioro7Angelo Roberto Antoniolli8Universidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de SergipeINTRODUCTION: The dengue fever remains to be a disease of serious public health concern, and its incidence has increased in the past decades. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiological incidence of dengue in the period 2001-2010. METHODS: This is an epidemiological study of dengue in the municipality of Aracaju, state of Sergipe, in the period between 2001 and 2010, whose data were obtained from the Information System of Diseases Notifications. A descriptive analysis of the number of confirmed cases of dengue, according to year, semester, sanitary district, age, and sex, was performed. RESULTS: There were 16,462 confirmed cases, especially in 2008, which obtained the highest incidence of the disease, with 10,485 confirmed cases. The first semester obtained the highest registration of cases during the years of research; this was predominated by females between 15 and 49 years old. With regard to the territorial distribution, the second district of the municipality obtained the highest number of cases. CONCLUSIONS: In 2008, in the City of Aracaju, SE, a significant increase in the proportion of dengue cases compared with other years was verified. However, a fast decline in the other years was observed, possibly because of the intensification of preventive actions to combat the mosquito that transmits the dengue virus.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000600004&lng=en&tlng=enDengueEpidemiologiaNotificação de doençasDoenças infecciosas |
| spellingShingle | José Antonio Barreto Alves Jokasta Rodrigues Santos Emanuelle Nabuco de Mendonça Ana Cristina Freire Abud Mariangela da Silva Nunes Ricardo Fakhouri Ana Dorcas de Melo Inagaki Murilo Marchioro Angelo Roberto Antoniolli Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Dengue Epidemiologia Notificação de doenças Doenças infecciosas |
| title | Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil |
| title_full | Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil |
| title_short | Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil |
| title_sort | epidemiological aspects of dengue in aracaju state of sergipe brazil |
| topic | Dengue Epidemiologia Notificação de doenças Doenças infecciosas |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000600004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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