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Spatial analysis of probable cases of dengue fever, chikungunya fever and zika ...
Costa, Silmery da Silva Brito; Branco, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho; Aquino Junior, José; Rodrigues, Zulimar Márita RibeiroDengue fever, chikungunya fever, and zika virus infections are increasing public health problems in the world, the last two diseases having recently emerged in Brazil. This ecological study employed spatial analysis of probable cases of dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and zika virus infections reported to the National Mandatory Reporting System (SINAN) in Maranhao State from 2015 to 2016. The software GeoDa ve...
Risk factors associated with death in Brazilian children with severe dengue: a ...
Branco, Maria dos Remedios Freitas Carvalho; Luna, Expedito Jose de Albuquerque; Braga Junior, Leonidas Lopes; Oliveira, Ricardo Villar Barbosa deObjective: The purpose of this case-control study was to evaluate risk factors associated with death in children with severe dengue. Methods: The clinical condition of hospitalized patients with severe dengue who died (cases, n = 18) was compared with that of hospitalized patients with severe dengue who survived (controls, n = 77). The inclusion criteria for this study were age under 13 years; hospital admissio...
Situação epidemiológica da leishmaniose visceral, na Ilha de São Luís, Estado d...
Silva, Antônio Rafael da; Tauil, Pedro Luiz; Cavalcante, Maria Neuza Souza; Medeiros, Maria Nilza Lima; Pires, Benedito NascimentoApresenta-se o resultado de um estudo de campo sobre a leishmaniose visceral autóctone da Ilha de São Luís. Com início em 2004 e término em 2006, a pesquisa visou conhecer aspectos epidemiológicos e clínicos determinantes da endemia. Foram analisados 299 casos autóctones, sendo 83,6% em menores de 9 anos e 54,1% do sexo masculino. O agravo ocorreu em todos os meses do ano com pico em junho. O coeficiente de inc...