Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

José Antonio Barreto Alves²  Jokasta Rodrigues Santos¹  Emanuelle Nabuco De Mendonça¹  Ana Cristina Freire Abud¹  Mariangela Da Silva Nunes¹  Ricardo Fakhouri¹  Ana Dorcas De Melo Inagaki¹  Murilo Marchioro¹  Angelo Roberto Antoniolli¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Sergipe Faculdade de Enfermagem Lagarto SE

关键词: Dengue;    Epidemiology;    Disease notification;    Infectious diseases;    Dengue;    Epidemiologia;    Notificação de doenças;    Doenças infecciosas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822011000600004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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