Abstract

BARBOSA, Isabelle Ribeiro et al. Epidemiology of dengue fever in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2000 to 2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.1, pp.149-157. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000100015.

OBJECTIVE: to describe dengue fever epidemiology in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in the period 2000-2009. METHODS: were used secondary data from Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan) and parallel sheets. RESULTS: there were 186,469 registered cases in the period; the annual averages and medians were 18,647 and 17,059 cases, respectively; the highest incidences occurred in the months from February to June, and the circulating virus serotypes detected were DENV-1, DENV-2 and DENV-3; incidence peaks were recorded in the years 2008 (41.987 cases) and2001 (39,968 cases); female gender and individuals aged 15-34 years were the most affected; there was a high percentage of cases with foreclosure criteria ignored or blank; and the lethality rate rangedfrom2.0% to 20.0%. CONCLUSION: in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, the disease reveals endemic profile with epidemic peaks, specially during the (re)introduction of new serotypes.

Keywords : dengue fever; epidemiology; epidemiological surveillance; disease reporting; descriptive epidemiology.

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