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Emerg Infect Dis ; 25(10): 1943-1950, 2019 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31538563

RESUMEN

The economic burden of West Nile virus (WNV) infection is not known for Canada. We sought to describe the direct and indirect costs of WNV infection in the province of Quebec, Canada, up to 2 years after onset of signs and symptoms. We conducted a retrospective cohort study that included WNV cases reported during 2012 and 2013. For 90 persons infected with WNV, persons with encephalitis accounted for the largest proportion of total cost: a median cost of $21,332 per patient compared with $8,124 for West Nile meningitis (p = 0.0004) and $192 for West Nile fever (p<0.0001). When results were extrapolated to all reported WNV patients, the estimated total cost for 124 symptomatic cases was ≈$1.7 million for 2012 and that for 31 symptomatic cases was ≈$430,000 for 2013. Our study provides information for the government to make informed decisions regarding public health policies and infectious diseases prevention and control programs.


Asunto(s)
Costo de Enfermedad , Costos y Análisis de Costo/estadística & datos numéricos , Fiebre del Nilo Occidental/economía , Anciano , Femenino , Costos de la Atención en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Hospitalización/economía , Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Quebec/epidemiología , Estudios Retrospectivos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Fiebre del Nilo Occidental/epidemiología
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Diabetes Care ; 33(7): 1491-3, 2010 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20587722

RESUMEN

OBJECTIVE: To confirm the existence of an increased risk of complications from influenza A (H1N1)p among patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using data from an enhanced influenza surveillance project in Montreal, Canada, and age/sex-specific population estimates of diabetes prevalence, we estimated the risk of hospitalization among persons with diabetes. Comparing hospitalized patients admitted or not to an intensive care unit (ICU), we estimated the risk of ICU admission associated with diabetes, controlling for other patient characteristics. RESULTS: Among 239 hospitalized patients with PCR-confirmed influenza A (H1N1)p, 162 (68%) were interviewed, of whom 22 had diabetes, when 7.1 were expected (prevalence ratio 3.10 [95% CI 2.04-4.71]). The odds ratio for ICU admission was 4.29 (95% CI 1.29-14.3) among hospitalized patients with diabetes compared to those without. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes triples the risk of hospitalization after influenza A (H1N1)p and quadruples the risk of ICU admission once hospitalized.


Asunto(s)
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiología , Subtipo H1N1 del Virus de la Influenza A , Gripe Humana/epidemiología , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Niño , Preescolar , Femenino , Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Lactante , Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Prevalencia , Factores de Riesgo , Adulto Joven
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Health Place ; 15(3): 777-83, 2009 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19233710

RESUMEN

Unrecognized tuberculosis transmission outside the household has led to "micro-epidemics". We sought to evaluate how frequently locations outside the household were addressed in tuberculosis contact investigations, and to identify associated patient factors. We reviewed all tuberculosis patients reported in Montreal, Canada, during 1996-2004. Among this largely foreign-born patient population, investigation of locations outside the household was limited: there was documented attendance at 1 non-household location for 40% of the most contagious patients. Given complex, dispersed patterns of work, educational attendance, social activity, and transportation, contact investigation strategies may warrant reevaluation in large cities such as Montreal.


Asunto(s)
Tuberculosis/epidemiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Niño , Preescolar , Ciudades/epidemiología , Bases de Datos como Asunto , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Quebec/epidemiología , Adulto Joven
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J Clin Microbiol ; 43(1): 89-94, 2005 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15634955

RESUMEN

The development of PCR-based genotyping modalities (spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat [MIRU-VNTR] typing) offers promise for real-time molecular epidemiological studies of tuberculosis (TB). However, the utility of these methods depends on their capacity to appropriately classify isolates. To determine the operating parameters of spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR typing, we have compared results generated by these newer tests to the standard typing method, IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism, in analyses restricted to high-copy-number IS6110 isolates. Sensitivities of the newer tests were estimated as the percentages of isolates with identical IS6110 fingerprints that had identical spoligotypes and MIRU-VNTR types. The specificities of these tests were estimated as the percentages of isolates with unique IS6110 fingerprints that had unique spoligotypes and MIRU-VNTR types. The sensitivity of MIRU-VNTR typing was 52% (95% confidence interval [CI], 31 to 72%), and the sensitivity of spoligotyping was 83% (95% CI, 63 to 95%). The specificity of MIRU-VNTR typing was 56% (95% CI, 51 to 62%), and the specificity of spoligotyping was 40% (95% CI, 35 to 46%). The proportion of isolates estimated to be due to recent transmission was 4% by identical IS6110 patterns, 19% by near-identical IS6110 patterns, 33% by MIRU-VNTR typing, and 53% by spoligotyping. The low calculated specificities of spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR typing led to misclassification of cases, inflated estimates of TB transmission, and low positive predictive values, suggesting that these techniques have unsuitable operating parameters for population-based molecular epidemiology studies.


Asunto(s)
Secuencias Repetitivas Esparcidas/genética , Repeticiones de Minisatélite/genética , Epidemiología Molecular , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/clasificación , Oligonucleótidos/análisis , Tuberculosis/epidemiología , Técnicas de Tipificación Bacteriana , Elementos Transponibles de ADN , Humanos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genética , Polimorfismo de Longitud del Fragmento de Restricción , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Tuberculosis/microbiología
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