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Ann Trop Med Parasitol ; 98(2): 191-6, 2004 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15035729

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Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is endemic in Ethiopia. The epidemiological and clinical aspects of LBRF and the differences between the infection in children and that in adults were investigated in a rural hospital in Ethiopia. During the 5-year study (1997-2002), 197 patients had a confirmed diagnosis of LBRF. Most (62.1%) of the cases were children under 15 years of age. The adult cases (i.e. those aged > or =15 years) were far more likely to present with headache (76.9% v. 40%; P <0.001), musculo-skeletal pains (61.5% v. 30.5%; P <0.001), dizziness (64% v. 39%; P =0.002) and bleeding (16.9% v. 3.8%; P =0.005) than the paediatric. The overall level of case fatality was 6.4%. Death appeared to be significantly associated with adulthood (P =0.01), delay in consultation (P =0.026) and the presence of vomiting (P =0.023). LBRF is clearly still a public-health problem in Ethiopia, where the clinical manifestations of the disease differ according to the age of the case.


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Doenças Endêmicas , Febre Recorrente/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Etiópia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Hemorragia/complicações , Hemorragia/epidemiologia , Humanos , Lactente , Malária/complicações , Malária/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Febre Recorrente/complicações , Febre Recorrente/mortalidade , Estudos Retrospectivos
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