Title |
Experiência do Comitê de Investigação de Óbitos por Arboviroses no Ceará em 2017: avanços e desafios
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, February 2019
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742019000300011 |
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Authors |
Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, Kiliana Nogueira Farias da Escóssia, Adriana Rocha Simião, Pâmela Maria Costa Linhares, Antônio Afonso Bezerra Lima, Kilma Wanderley Lopes, Deborah Nunes de Melo Braga, Izabel Leticia Cavalcante Ramalho, Leda Maria Simões Mello, Regina Lúcia Sousa do Vale, Francisca Kalline de Almeida Barreto, Rhaquel de Morais Alves Barbosa Oliveira, Antônio Silva Lima, Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo |
Abstract |
to describe the experience and preliminary results of the Arbovirus Death Investigation Committee in Ceará, Brazil, in 2017. the Committee investigates and discusses all suspected cases of arbovirus deaths reported by the epidemiological surveillance service. a total of 443 suspected arbovirus deaths were reported, 220 (49.7%) of which were confirmed; of these, 88.2% were from chikungunya and 11.8% from dengue; the median age of chikungunya deaths was higher when compared to dengue (77 versus 56 years) and the time until death was also longer when compared to dengue (38 versus 12 days); median time for case closure was 54.5 days; in 2017, Ceará confirmed 80.4% of Brazilian chikungunya deaths. the investigation of deaths showed that CHIK viruses were responsible for the majority of arboviral deaths in the state of Ceará, in 2017. |
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Unknown | 2 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Unknown | 24 | 100% |
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Researcher | 4 | 17% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 13% |
Unspecified | 3 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 13% |
Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
Other | 3 | 13% |
Unknown | 5 | 21% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 21% |
Unspecified | 3 | 13% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 13% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 8% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 8% |
Unknown | 8 | 33% |