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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2337-9622
Abstract
NASCIMENTO, Laura Branquinho do; SIQUEIRA, Cláudio Morais; COELHO, Giovanini Evelim and SIQUEIRA JUNIOR, João Bosco. Dengue in pregnant women: characterization of cases in Brazil, 2007-2015. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.3, pp.433-442. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742017000300002.
OBJECTIVE:
to characterize the probable cases of dengue in pregnant women reported in Brazil, from 2007 to 2015.
METHODS:
descriptive study of sociodemographic, epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics, with data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan).
RESULTS:
the annual incidence of dengue in pregnant women ranged from 3.3 (2009) to 816.6 (2010) cases per 100 thousand live births; of the 43,772 probable cases of dengue in pregnant women, 81.6% were investigated, 34.1% were confirmed by laboratory tests, and 1.7% were severe cases; hospitalization and fatality rates were of 5.4% and 1.6‰, respectively; the risk of death due to dengue was higher in pregnant women than in the population of non-pregnant women at reproductive age (ratio=3.95; 95%CI=3.07;5.08), and higher in the third trimester of pregnancy (ratio=8.55; 95%CI=6.08;12.02).
CONCLUSION:
the results show the burden of dengue in pregnant women and their vulnerability to worsening of the disease and death.
Keywords : Pregnant Women; Dengue; Descriptive Epidemiology.
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