Incidence of acute diarrheal disease in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in a 10-year historical series

Authors

  • Suelen Paesi Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Flaviane Eva Magrini Universidade de Caxias do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6108.2015.2.19901

Keywords:

Diarrhea, Rotavirus, Vaccines, Incidence, Hospitalization, Pluviometry, Rainfall amount.

Abstract

Aims: To evaluate the incidence of acute diarrheal disease (ADD) recorded over a 10-year period in Caxias do Sul, southern Brazil, and its correlations with the vaccination against rotavirus, with rainfall, and with the number of hospitalizations.

Methods: A descriptive study was conducted, analyzing the ADD records obtained from the Epidemiological Surveillance sector of the Local Health Department of Caxias do Sul.

Results: A total of 61,246 cases of ADD were recorded between 2004 and 2013, most of which occurred in low-income neighborhoods. There were five outbreaks of ADD in the summer and winter months during the study period. No correlations were found between ADD and rainfall. The number of children aged between zero and four years hospitalized for ADD decreased from 2006 onwards, when vaccination against rotavirus was implemented in the public health network whereas the number of deaths across all age groups fluctuated during the study period.

Conclusions: The assessment of the long-term incidence of ADD showed a fluctuation in the number of cases and deaths in Caxias do Sul. In addition, hospitalizations for ADD decreased after the implementation of rotavirus vaccination in the public health network.

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Author Biographies

Suelen Paesi, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Possui graduação em Licenciatura e Bacharelado em Ciências Biologia pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (1990) e doutorado em Ciências Biológicas (Bioquimica) pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1998). Atualmente é professora e pesquisadora da Universidade de Caxias do Sul e coordenadora do Laboratório de Diagnóstico Molecular do Instituto de Biotecnologia-UCS. Compõe o corpo docente do Programa de Pós-graduacão em Biotecnologia e Coordenadora do Cursos de Especialização em Microbiologia Aplicada. Membro do Comite de Ética em Pesquisa da UCS. Tem experiência na área de Virologia Molecular, Genética, Saúde Coletiva, atuando principalmente nas áreas de Diagnóstico e Caracterização Molecular de Papilomavirus humano, Rotavirus e Norovirus em amostras clínicas e ambientais.

Flaviane Eva Magrini, Universidade de Caxias do Sul

Doutoranda em Biotecnologia pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Mestre em Biotecnologia  e Graduada em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul, atua no Laboratório de Diagnóstico Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Caxias do Sul,  RS, Brasil

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Paesi, S., & Magrini, F. E. (2015). Incidence of acute diarrheal disease in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in a 10-year historical series. Scientia Medica, 25(2), ID19901. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6108.2015.2.19901

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