Incidence of viral hepatitis in Brazil from 2009 to 2018: an epidemiological study of confirmed cases of viral hepatitis

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Alessandra Pereira da Silva, Andresa Pereira Silva, Lohana Marques Leal de Souza, Natália de Oliveira Peixoto, Evonnildo Costa Gonçalves, João Lídio da Silva Gonçalves Vianez Júnior
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
• Subjects: Human Viral Hepatitis; Epidemiology; Public health; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0089-2020; https://doaj.org/article/27bfc09fb8cb41d098926d0f0a56ec4a

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem. It is necessary to understand the epidemic, verifying the combination of biological and demographic characteristics. METHODS: This is an analytical ecological and epidemiological study. Confirmed case data from the Notification Disease Information System (SINAN) were used. RESULTS: From 2009-2018, SINAN confirmed 404,003 viral hepatitis cases in Brazil, with 12.49%, 37.06%, and 48.28% cases of hepatitis A, B, and C, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In Brazil, 4,296 deaths were associated with viral hepatitis, of which 36.66% were associated with acute hepatitis B. The proportional distribution of cases varied among the five Brazilian regions.