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Epidemiology of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease, Europe, 2007-2014
Whittaker, Robert; Economopoulou, Assimoula; Dias, Joana Gomes; Bancroft, Elizabeth; Ramliden, Miriam; Celentano, Lucia PastoreWe describe the epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease during 2007-2014 in 12 European countries and assess overall H. influenzae disease trends by serotype and patient age. Mean annual notification rate was 0.6 cases/100,000 population, with an increasing annual trend of 3.3% (95% CI 2.3% to 4.3%). The notification rate was highest for patients <1 month of age (23.4 cases/100,000 population). ...
Metodologia de captura-recaptura na vigilância da doença dos legionários
Faria, Susana; Ribeiro, Ana Filipa; Carvalho, Carlos; Mendonça, Denisa; Dias, Joana GomesA doença dos legionários (DL) é uma pneumonia atípica grave, causada por bactérias do género Legionella. Como todos os sistemas de informação, o Programa de Vigilância Epidemiológica Integrada de DL tem problemas de subnotificação que impede o conhecimento exacto da incidência da doença. O objectivo deste estudo foi estimar o número de casos de DL na região Norte, durante o período entre 2004 e 2009, recorrendo...
Pertussis hospitalisations: Northern Region of Portugal, 2000-2006.
Vieira, Margarida; Dias, Joana Gomes; Queirós, Laurinda; Correia, Ana MariaPertussis is an acute bacterial disease involving the respiratory tract. The causal agent is Bordetella pertussis. Among all age groups, infants (aged < 12 months) have had the highest incidence of pertussis in the vaccine era. The majority of hospitalisations, complications and deaths occurred in that age group. The aim of this study was to describe and characterize the epidemiological pattern of hospitalized ...