Abstract

NUNES, Marília Lavocat; MAIA-ELKHOURY, Ana Nilce Silveira; PELISSARI, Daniele Maria  and  ELKHOURY, Mauro da Rosa. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of confirmed cases of hantavirus with suspected Infection site in the biome Brazilian Cerrado, 1996 to 2008. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.4, pp.537-545. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742011000400013.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the clinical/epidemiological cases of hantavirus in areas of biome Brazilian Cerrado, between 1996 and 2008. METHODOLOGY: a descriptive study of cases of hantavirus disease with suspected infection site in a city of cerrado exclusively; cases of hantavirus are available by the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. RESULTS: confirmed 320 cases, with a fatality rate averaged 43.8%; States of Minas Gerais and São Paulo showed higher record; cases occurred predominantly in males aged 20-29 years, living in urban areas, and occupied on agricultural activities; epidemiology has been characterized by contact with rodents, and infection in the workplace and in rural areas/wildlife; main signs and symptoms were fever, dyspnea and headache. CONCLUSION: findings were similar to reported in other studies in Brazil, except those with reference to seasonality and lethality.

Keywords : hantavirus; descriptive epidemiology; cerrado.

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