Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2000-2008

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ID5225731
AutoresFrederico Figueiredo Amâncio (0000-0002-5732-7173, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais), Vânia Dutra Amorim (Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais), Talita Leal Chamone (Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais), Mariana Gontijo De Brito (0000-0002-0849-9294, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais), Simone Berger Calic (Ezequiel Dias Foundation), Anamaria Cordeiro Leite (Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais), Gabriela Lobato Fraga (Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais), Marcela Lencine Ferraz (0000-0003-1560-5777, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Minas Gerais)
Año2011
Volumen27
Número10
Páginas1969-1976
Fecha de publicación2011-10-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2011001000010
PMID22031201
OpenAlexW2117954801
SciELOS0102-311X2011001000010
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas9

Brazilian spotted fever is the most common rickettsiosis in Brazil, most prevalent in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais from 2000 to 2008. Of the 132 cases of Brazilian spotted fever, 53 patients died, representing a case-fatality rate of 40.2%. Males predominated, with 78.8% of confirmed cases, and median age was 26.5 years. Absence of rash was associated with increased risk of death (p = 0.005). Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Rio Doce Valley, and Zona da Mata accounted for 70.6% of the cases, which occurred mainly from May to November. There was an increase in the number of cases, which could suggest an expansion of the disease, but probably resulted from an increase in the health system's diagnostic capacity and sensitivity. Despite this improvement, the case-fatality rate remains high and with no apparent tendency to decrease, thus indicating the need for improved prevention and patient care

Case fatality rate · Environmental health · Geography · Rash · Rickettsia · Rickettsiosis · Spotted fever · Demography · Epidemiology · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Surgery · Vector-Borne Animal Diseases · Vector-borne infectious diseases · Pediatrics

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