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Surveillance for leptospirosis in the Americas, 1996-2005: a review of data from ministries of health / Vigilancia de la leptospirosis en la Región de las Américas, de 1996 al 2005: análisis de los datos de los ministerios de salud
Costa, Federico; Martinez-Silveira, Martha Silvia; Hagan, José E; Hartskeerl, Rudy A; Reis, Mitermayer Galvão dos; Ko, Albert Icksang.
Afiliação
  • Costa, Federico; Ministério da Saúde. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador. BR
  • Martinez-Silveira, Martha Silvia; Ministério da Saúde. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador. BR
  • Hagan, José E; Yale University. School of Public Health. Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. US
  • Hartskeerl, Rudy A; Royal Tropical Institute. Department of Biomedical Research. NL
  • Reis, Mitermayer Galvão dos; Ministério da Saúde. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador. BR
  • Ko, Albert Icksang; Yale University. School of Public Health. Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. US
Rev. panam. salud pública ; 32(3): 169-177, Sept. 2012.
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-654607
Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Objective. To characterize current leptospirosis reporting practices in the Americas.Methods. Information was collected from the official websites of national ministries ofhealth from the Americas region and two international organizations; personal communications;and three international morbidity databases. For all sources other than the morbiditydatabases, the review was limited to official reports citing clinically suspected and laboratoryconfirmed leptospirosis cases or deaths during the period 1996–2005.Results. A total of 73 out of 1 644 reports met the selection criteria and were included inthe analysis. Published leptospirosis data were available from half of the countries/sovereignterritories (24 out of 48), and 18 of them had mandatory notification policies for leptospirosis.The sum of the median number of leptospirosis cases notified annually by the 24 countries/territories was 4 713.5, but just three countries (Brazil, Costa Rica, and Cuba) accounted for83.1% (3 920 cases) of the notifications. Eight (16.7%) countries reported deaths due to leptospirosis.The sum of the median number of deaths reported annually for the eight countrieswas 380, but 349 (91.8%) were reported by Brazil.Conclusions. Notification practices in the Americas for leptospirosis are limited. Therefore,the numbers of cases and deaths reported are not representative for the region. The lack ofleptospirosis data for many countries/territories may reflect weaknesses in certain aspects ofnational surveillance systems, including mandatory reporting policies, clinical laboratory infrastructurefor performing case confirmation, and capacity to collect reported cases. Improvedsurveillance of leptospirosis cases and deaths in the Americas is needed to allow monitoring ofregional epidemiological patterns and to estimate the burden of this important disease.
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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Leptospirose Tipo de estudo: Estudo de rastreamento Idioma: Inglês Revista: Rev. panam. salud pública Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Leptospirose Tipo de estudo: Estudo de rastreamento Idioma: Inglês Revista: Rev. panam. salud pública Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Artigo