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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1679-4974</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1679-4974</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente - Ministério da Saúde do Brasil]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1679-49742019000300015</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5123/s1679-49742019000300009</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Avaliação do sistema nacional de vigilância da doença meningocócica: Brasil, 2007-2017]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación del sistema nacional de vigilancia de la enfermedad meningocócica: Brasil, 2007-2017]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of the national meningococcal disease surveillance system: Brazil, 2007-2017]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ribeiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Igor Gonçalves]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Percio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jadher]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moraes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camile de]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Ministério da Saúde Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Brasília DF]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1679-49742019000300015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1679-49742019000300015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1679-49742019000300015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo  Objetivo: avaliar a vigilância da doença meningocócica (DM) no Brasil, em 2007-2017, segundo atributos.  Métodos: estudo de avaliação dos atributos &#8216;oportunidade&#8217;, &#8216;representatividade&#8217;, &#8216;simplicidade&#8217;, &#8216;flexibilidade&#8217;, &#8216;qualidade dos dados&#8217;, &#8216;aceitabilidade&#8217; e &#8216;utilidade&#8217; do sistema, pautado nas diretrizes do Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dos Estados Unidos; utilizaram-se dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan), com início dos sintomas em 2007-2017.  Resultados: sistema complexo, com oito definições de caso e seis confirmações laboratoriais; flexível, com adequada descrição das mudanças epidemiológicas; de boa completitude de quimioprofilaxia, busca ativa e sorogrupagem; de aceitabilidade baixa, com quimioprofilaxia em menos de 70,0% dos registros; oportuno, com investigação, encerramento e coleta de liquor excelentes; representativo, na descrição da DM no Brasil; útil, norteando adequadamente ações de controle.  Conclusão: as diferentes apresentações clínicas da DM e o necessário manejo rápido interferem na aceitabilidade e na complexidade do sistema; este, porém, é útil nas análises epidemiológicas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: evaluar la vigilancia de la enfermedad meningocócica (EM) entre 2007-2017 según los atributos.  Métodos: estudio de evaluación de los atributos &#8220;oportunidad&#8221;, &#8220;representatividad&#8221;, &#8220;simplicidad&#8221;, &#8220;flexibilidad&#8221;, &#8220;calidad de los datos&#8221;, &#8221;aceptabilidad&#8221; y &#8221;utilidad del sistema&#8221;, basados en directrices del Centers for Disease Control and Prevention de Estados Unidos; se utilizaron datos del Sistema de Notificación de Agravamientos de Notificación (Sinan), con inicio de los síntomas entre 2007-2017.  Resultados: sistema complejo con ocho definiciones de caso y seis confirmaciones de laboratorio; flexible, con adecuada descripción de cambios epidemiológicos; buena completitud de quimioprofilaxis, búsqueda activa y serogrupo; aceptabilidad baja con quimioprofilaxis registrada en menos del 70,0% de los registros; sistema oportuno, con investigación, cierre e colecta de líquido cefalorraquídeo excelente; representativo, con la debida descripción de la EM en Brasil; es útil, orientando adecuadamente las acciones de control.  Conclusión: las diferentes presentaciones clínicas de la EM y el necesario manejo rápido interfieren en la aceptabilidad y complejidad del sistema, pero éste es útil para los análisis epidemiológicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective: to evaluate meningococcal disease (MD) surveillance from 2007-2017, according to its attributes.  Methods: this was a descriptive study of the &#8216;timeliness&#8217;, &#8216;representativeness&#8217;, &#8216;simplicity&#8217;, &#8216;flexibility&#8217;, &#8216;data quality&#8217;, &#8216;acceptability&#8217; and &#8216;usefulness&#8217; attributes of the system, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines; we used National Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) data, with onset of symptoms between 2007-2017.  Results: the system was found to be complex with eight case definitions and six laboratory confirmations; flexible, with adequate description of epidemiological changes; good chemoprophylaxis, active tracing and serogrouping completeness; low acceptability with chemoprophylaxis found in less than 70.0% of records; timely, with excellent investigation, closure and collection of cerebrospinal fluid; representative, in its description of MD in Brazil; useful, adequately guiding control actions.  Conclusion: different clinical presentations of MD and the need for rapid case management interfere with the system&#8217;s acceptability and complexity; the latter, however, is useful for epidemiological analysis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Serviços de Vigilância Epidemiológica]]></kwd>
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