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The burden of hepatitis C infection in a Southern Brazilian State
Traebert, Jefferson; Fratoni, Kátia Regina de Bona Porton; Rosa, Letícia Cabral Domingos da; Traebert, Eliane; Schneider, Ione Jayce CeolaIntroduction: The study aimed to estimate the burden of hepatitis C in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Methods: An ecologic study was carried out to estimate the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) by summing the number of years of life lost and the number of years lived with disability. Results: A rate of 1,075.9 DALY/100,000 population was estimated, and was similar by sex. The highest burden was between the ages o...
A carga de doença por hepatite C no estado Santa Catarina no ano de 2009
Fratoni, Kátia Regina de Bona PortonIntroduction: The infection by the virus HCV has been one of the main causes of hepatic diseases in the world, besides the difficult and late diagnosis. In this sense, it is important to estimate the impact generated by the hepatitis C regarding the premature mortality as well as the generated disability, the is that “Burden of Disease”. Objective: Estimating the burden of disease due to hepatitis C in the stat...
A carga de doença por Hepatite C no estado Santa Catarina no ano de 2009
Fratoni, Kátia Regina de Bona PortonIntroduction: The infection by the virus HCV has been one of the main causes of hepatic diseases in the world, besides the difficult and late diagnosis. In this sense, it is important to estimate the impact generated by the hepatitis C regarding the premature mortality as well as the generated disability, the is that “Burden of Disease”. Objective: Estimating the burden of disease due to hepatitis C in the stat...