ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: to report the experience of investigating the outbreak of acute diarrhoea (AD) at the XII Indigenous Games in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2013. METHODS: data were collected from the Advanced Medical Post's service records of the AD cases, which were defined as 'individual Games participant referring episode of diarrhoea and/or vomiting'; AD attack rates, relative frequencies and measures of the central tendency of sociodemographic and clinical variables, sanitary inspections and results of bromatological samples were calculated. RESULTS: 384 (37%) cases met the definition of AD; the epidemic peaks of the outbreak occurred on the 4th and 7th day of the event and the disease attack rate was 33.5%; sanitary inspection showed evidence of food contamination by coagulase-negative Staphylococci, Bacillus cereus and heat resistant coliforms. CONCLUSION: there an outbreak of AD caused by food contamination.
Subject(s)
Diarrhea/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology , Indians, South American/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Age Distribution , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Brazil/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Diarrhea/ethnology , Female , Foodborne Diseases/ethnology , Humans , Incidence , Indians, South American/ethnology , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Sex Distribution , Young AdultABSTRACT
Analisar o papel exercido e os mecanismos de coordenação empregados pela esfera estadual da Vigilância Sanitária de mato Grosso (Nível Central e Escritório regional de Saúde de Sinop) na descentralização das ações e da gestão de Visa para os municípios.
