Yellow fever outbreak in a rural-urban mixed community of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Epidemiological aspects

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ID14967435
AuthorsTálib Moysés Moussallem (Special Center for Epidemiological Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, corresponding author), Caroline Gava (0000-0001-6287-1715, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Karla Spandl Ardisson (0000-0002-3357-7370, Center for Strategic Information and Responses in Health Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Carla S Marques (0000-0002-6071-8941, Center for Strategic Information and Responses in Health Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Clemilda Soares Marques, Giselle Calmon Graceli (Special Center for Epidemiological Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Aline da Penha Valadares Koski (Special Center for Epidemiological Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Gilton Luiz Almada (0000-0002-0319-1151, Center for Strategic Information and Responses in Health Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva (0009-0008-6719-765X, Dório Silva Hospital, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Fernando Antonio Alves de Jesus (Dório Silva Hospital, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Gilsa Aparecida Pimenta Rodrigues (0000-0001-5564-1436, Health Surveillance Management, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Teresa Cristina Cerdeira Da Silva (0000-0002-3298-7079, Special Center for Epidemiological Surveillance, Espírito Santo State Health Secretariat, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil), Theresa Cristina Cardoso da Silva
Year2019
Volume43
Pages1
Publication date2019-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2019.29
PMID31093253
OpenAlexW2916458461
LanguageIT
Citations received3
References cited18

Objective. To describe the epidemiological aspects of an outbreak of yellow fever (YF) that occurred in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, from 1 January 2017 – 31 July 2017. Methods. A descriptive, quantitative, retrospective approach analyzed secondary data obtained from the national notification systems, Information System of Diseases Notifications (SINAN), Laboratory Environment Manager (GAL), and the Espírito Santo Health Secretariat (SESA). Results. From 1 January 2017 – 8 July 2017, a total of 824 cases were reported in Espírito Santo, 307 (37%) of which were confirmed as YF. Of these, 95 (30.9%) died from the disease. Men were those most affected, corresponding to 244 (79.5%) cases, and women to 63 (20.5%) cases. The greatest incidence rate registered was in the city of Santa Leopoldina (380.2 cases/100 000 inhabitants). The outbreak evolved rapidly and a response was possible due to a multidisciplinary group created specifically to tackle the YF outbreak. Conclusions. The data were received and analyzed quickly and the response, consisting of immediate treatment of the cases and a blocking vaccination strategy, was developed to halt the progression of this fatal disease. In spite of these efforts, the case fatality rate of yellow fever remained high

Case fatality rate · Environmental health · Geography · Incidence (geometry · Outbreak · Socioeconomics · Virus · Yellow fever · Demography · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Virology

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