Title
Clinical, epidemiological and geographic profile of dengue cases during El Niño Costero Phenomenon 2017, Lambayeque-Perú
Other title
[Perfil clínico, epidemiológico y geográfico de casos de dengue durante el fenómeno El Niño Costero 2017, Lambayeque-Perú]
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Carrasco J.C.T.P.
Cabrera P.L.P.
Sampen G.C.
Díaz-Vélez C.
Publisher(s)
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Hab
Abstract
Introduction: At present, dengue fever persists as a latent problem for public health in our country. It should also be borne in mind that the cases of dengue fever have presented a growing trend during the last 5 years, with a number of 76 093 cases in 2017 (3.03 times more cases with respect to the year 2016); and 93 deaths, which represents the highest figure in the last 5 years. Objective: To describe the clinical, epidemiological and geographical profile of dengue fever in the EsSalud Lambayeque Network 2017, during El Niño Costero Phenomenon. Material and Methods: Patients of all ages and both sexes with an epidemiological record of a clinical diagnosis of dengue identified by the epidemiological surveillance system, in the EsSalud-Lambayeque Health Care Network, during El Niño Costero Phenomenon. Descriptive statistics with calculation of absolute and relative frequencies for qualitative variables and mean with standard deviation for quantitative and free software QGis 2.14 for georeferencing. Results: The age was 7.2 + 20.4 years, 27.9% from Chiclayo, 52.9% were women; 77% had dengue without warning signs, 1.5% died. Of the 874 cases, 335 ones (38.3%) were positive, and 213 (63.5%) were diagnosed from reference laboratory. The most frequent clinical symptoms and signs were fever, headache, arthralgia and myalgia. The most frequent alarm sign was decrease in platelet. Conclusions: Dengue fever affected the adult female population from Chiclayo more frequently; presenting no clinical warning signs.
Start page
97
End page
113
Volume
18
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la Tierra, Ciencias ambientales
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85064076476
Source
Revista Habanera de Ciencias Medicas
ISSN of the container
1729519X
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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