Concomitant Outbreaks of Yellow Fever and Hepatitis E Virus in Darfur States; Sudan; 2012
J. infect. dev. ctries
; 10(1): 24-29, 2016. tab
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em Inglês
| AIM (África)
| ID: biblio-1263538
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Yellow fever (YF) is a vector-borne disease transmitted to humans by infected Aedes mosquitoes; while hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a waterborne disease that is transmitted through the fecal-oral route. Both diseases have very close clinical presentation; namely fever; jaundice; malaise; and dark urine; they differ in severity and outcome.Methodology:
In this cross-sectional; laboratory-based study; an attempt was made to measure the correlation of concomitant YF and HEV infection in Darfur States during the previous YF outbreak in 2012.Results:
Results found concomitant outbreaks of YF and HEV at the same time with very weak statistical correlation between the two infections during the outbreak period; with Cramer's V correlation 0.05 and insignificant p value of 0.86.Conclusions:
This correlation indicates that clinicians and care providers in tropical areas have to deal with clinical case definitions used for disease surveillance very carefully since prevalence of HEV infection is relatively common and this increases the possibility of misclassification and missing YF cases; particularly initial index cases; in a season or outbreak
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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Dengue
Base de dados:
AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Febre Amarela
/
Doença
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Surtos de Doenças
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Hepatite E
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Aedes
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J. infect. dev. ctries
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo