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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2176-6223</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Pan-Amaz Saude]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2176-6223</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Evandro Chagas. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente. Ministério da Saúde]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2176-62232018000100051</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5123/s2176-62232018000100007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Perfil epidemiológico dos casos de hepatite C em um hospital de referência em doenças infectocontagiosas no estado de Goiás, Brasil]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Epidemiological profile of hepatitis C cases in a referral hospital in infectious diseases, Goiás State, Brazil]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Perfil epidemiológico de los casos de hepatitis C en un hospital de referencia en enfermedades infectocontagiosas en el estado de Goiás, Brasil]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Oliveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Thaysa Johanne Borges]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lidyanne Alves Pimenta dos]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barreto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luciana de Souza Lima Oliveira]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gomes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Geraldo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Manrique]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edna Joana Cláudio]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Doenças Tropicais Dr. Anuar Auad  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Goiânia Goiás]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratório de Saúde Pública Dr. Giovanni Cysneiros  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Goiânia Goiás]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Goiânia Goiás]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>9</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>51</fpage>
<lpage>57</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2176-62232018000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2176-62232018000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2176-62232018000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[RESUMO  OBJETIVO: Caracterizar o perfil epidemiológico dos casos de hepatite C investigados pelo Núcleo de Vigilância Epidemiológica do Hospital de Doenças Tropicais Dr. Anuar Auad em Goiânia, estado de Goiás, Brasil, no período de 2012 a 2015.  MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Estudo epidemiológico transversal, realizado a partir dos casos notificados e confirmados de hepatites virais obtidos do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação. Os dados foram tabulados no programa TabWin e analisados no Epi Info&#8482;. O teste estatístico utilizado foi o Qui-quadradro.  RESULTADOS: Dos 293 casos de hepatite C confirmados, a média de idade foi de 50,7 anos (DP ± 12,4), sendo que 54,95% ocorreram no sexo masculino, com predomínio da raça parda (75,09%). Quanto à escolaridade, 34,81% possuíam entre cinco e nove anos de estudo. A proporção dos genótipos encontrados foi de 77,10% para o tipo 1, 1,53% para o tipo 2, 19,84% para o tipo 3 e 1,53% para o tipo 4. Quanto às condições de saúde, verificou-se associação significativa na coinfecção entre o vírus da hepatite C (HCV) e o HIV (p &lt; 0,001).  CONCLUSÃO: Neste estudo, o perfil encontrado para os portadores de HCV foi semelhante aos disponíveis na literatura. Ressalta-se a importância de conhecer a frequência do HCV para compreender sua disseminação e, assim, ter subsídios para medidas de controle no combate à infecção, visto que a hepatite C é um problema de saúde pública.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  OBJECTIVE: To characterize the epidemiological profile of hepatitis C cases investigated by the Núcleo de Vigilância Epidemiológica of the Hospital de Doenças Tropicais Dr. Anuar Auad in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil, from 2012 to 2015.  MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted with secondary data of confirmed hepatitis C cases obtained from the Brazilian Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan). Data were tabulated in TabWin and analyzed in Epi Info&#8482;. The statistical test used was the Chi-square.  RESULTS: From the total of 293 hepatitis C cases, mean age was 50.7 years (SD ± 12.4) and 54.95% occurred in males with the predominance of brown skin color (75.09%). About education, 34.81% had between five and nine years of study. The proportion of genotypes found were 77.10% for type 1, 1.53% for type 2, 19.84% for type 3, and 1.53% for type 4. Regarding health conditions, a significant association was found between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV coinfection (p &lt; 0.001).  CONCLUSION: The profile found for HCV patients in this study was similar to those available in the literature. It is important to know the frequency of HCV in order to understand its dissemination thus to have subsidies to assure control measures against infection, since hepatitis C is a public health problem.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  OBJETIVO: Caracterizar el perfil epidemiológico de los casos de hepatitis C investigados por el Núcleo de Vigilancia Epidemiológica del Hospital de Enfermedades Tropicales Dr. Anuar Auad en Goiânia, estado de Goiás, Brasil, en el período de 2012 a 2015.  MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio epidemiológico transversal, realizado a partir de los casos notificados y confirmados de hepatitis virales obtenidos del Sistema de Información de Agravamientos de Notificación. Los datos fueron tabulados en el programa TabWin y analizados en Epi Info&#8482;. El test estadístico utilizado fue el de Chi cuadrado.  RESULTADOS: De los 293 casos de hepatitis C confirmados, el promedio de edad fue de 50,7 años (DP ± 12,4), siendo que un 54,95% ocurrió en el sexo masculino, con predominio de la raza parda (75,09%). Con relación a la escolaridad, 34,81% poseía entre cinco y nueve años de estudio. La proporción de los genotipos encontrados fue de 77,10% para el tipo 1, 1,53% para el tipo 2, 19,84% para el tipo 3 y 1,53% para el tipo 4. Con relación a las condiciones de salud se verificó una asociación significativa en la coinfección entre el virus de la hepatitis C (VHC) y el VIH (p &lt; 0,001).  CONCLUSIÓN: En este estudio, el perfil encontrado para los portadores de VHC fue similar a los disponibles en la literatura. Se destaca la importancia de conocer la frecuencia del VHC para comprender su diseminación y, así, tener subsidios para medidas de control en el combate a la infección, visto que la hepatitis C es un problema de salud pública.]]></p></abstract>
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