Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005
Yellow fever is a viral disease, typical of some tropical regions in South America and Africa, causing numerous epidemics with high mortality rates. In order to characterize retrospectively the jungle yellow fever outbreak in Venezuela in the year 2003, by determining the number of cases and deaths...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:75fa8bf754f2426bb3302d785fa008c1 2023-10-01T03:54:05+02:00 Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005 Esteban Finol Eva Berrueta Alegría Levy Florencio Añez Luz Marina Espina Mery Bell Maldonado John Bermudez Nereida Valero 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/75fa8bf754f2426bb3302d785fa008c1 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4824 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/75fa8bf754f2426bb3302d785fa008c1 Kasmera, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 67-78 (2008) fiebre amarilla Venezuela brote Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2008 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:48:22Z Yellow fever is a viral disease, typical of some tropical regions in South America and Africa, causing numerous epidemics with high mortality rates. In order to characterize retrospectively the jungle yellow fever outbreak in Venezuela in the year 2003, by determining the number of cases and deaths confirmed in the affected states according to age, sex, occupation and origin and by identifying factors that triggered the outbreak, as well as the study of cases reported in 2004 and 2005, cases officially registered in the State of Zulia were studied for the period in question. Zulia was the state most affected during the period evaluated, with 25 cases (p <0.001), reporting the highest attack rate during 2003; Merida and Monagas had the highest rates in 2004, Portuguesa in 2005. The most affected age group was 25-44 years, predominantly male farm workers. Results showed the high lethality of yellow fever: 46.51% in 2003, 60% in 2004 and 66.67% in 2005. The implementation of measures to establish a minimum surveillance in areas with proven activity is recommended. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Yellow fever is a viral disease, typical of some tropical regions in South America and Africa, causing numerous epidemics with high mortality rates. In order to characterize retrospectively the jungle yellow fever outbreak in Venezuela in the year 2003, by determining the number of cases and deaths confirmed in the affected states according to age, sex, occupation and origin and by identifying factors that triggered the outbreak, as well as the study of cases reported in 2004 and 2005, cases officially registered in the State of Zulia were studied for the period in question. Zulia was the state most affected during the period evaluated, with 25 cases (p <0.001), reporting the highest attack rate during 2003; Merida and Monagas had the highest rates in 2004, Portuguesa in 2005. The most affected age group was 25-44 years, predominantly male farm workers. Results showed the high lethality of yellow fever: 46.51% in 2003, 60% in 2004 and 66.67% in 2005. The implementation of measures to establish a minimum surveillance in areas with proven activity is recommended. |
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Esteban Finol Eva Berrueta Alegría Levy Florencio Añez Luz Marina Espina Mery Bell Maldonado John Bermudez Nereida Valero |
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Esteban Finol Eva Berrueta Alegría Levy Florencio Añez Luz Marina Espina Mery Bell Maldonado John Bermudez Nereida Valero |
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Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005 |
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Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005 |
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Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005 |
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Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005 |
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Retrospective Evaluation of Jungle Yellow Fever in Venezuela, During the Years 2003 - 2005 |
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retrospective evaluation of jungle yellow fever in venezuela, during the years 2003 - 2005 |
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