Socio-demographic inequalities in the clinical characteristics of dengue haemorrhagic fever in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007–2008

In 2007–2008, the city of Rio de Janeiro underwent an epidemiological change, with increases in the incidence in children and in severe forms of dengue. To describe the clinical profile and spatial distribution of dengue we performed an ecological study based on dengue surveillance data using the Br...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2018-02, Vol.146 (3), p.359-366
Main Authors: Pone, Sheila Moura, Hökerberg, Yara Hahr Marques, Brasil, Patricia, Nicolai, Cecília Carmen de Araújo, Ferrari, Rogério, de Oliveira, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Age
Arboviruses
Bleeding
Children
Complications
Demographic variables
Demographics
Dengue fever
Ecological monitoring
Ecological studies
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Fever
Hypotheses
Incidence
Infants
Infections
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Medicine
Original Papers
Population
Sociodemographics
Spatial distribution
Surveillance
Thematic mapping
Travel medicine
Vector-borne diseases
Viral diseases
Virology
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Summary:In 2007–2008, the city of Rio de Janeiro underwent an epidemiological change, with increases in the incidence in children and in severe forms of dengue. To describe the clinical profile and spatial distribution of dengue we performed an ecological study based on dengue surveillance data using the Brazilian classification (2005): dengue fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue with complications. χ2 test was used to describe the clinical and socio-demographic variables (P < 0.05). Spatial distribution of incidence and case-fatality was explored with thematic maps, Moran and Geary indices (P < 0.05). Of the total of 151 527 dengue cases, 38 808 met the inclusion criteria; 42.4%
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268817003119