Avaliação da prevalência de dengue no Sertão Central e Vale do Jaguaribe em um laboratório particular de análises clínicas

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is a viral disease with tendency to pandemy for being easily spread in various parts of the world. Estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) is 300 million dengue infections per year including 100 million symptoms. This is an observational, cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive and quantitative on the prevalence of dengue cases observed in some cities of vale do Jaguaribe and central hinterland. It was conducted in the period between the months of January 2015 to January 2016 in the particular clinical laboratory, which is located in Morada Nova, Ceará. Were reported 168 patients reagents for dengue. This study revealed that the areas most affected by the dengue virus are in regions with little infrastructure, favoring the installation of mosquito that transmits dengue. More women than men are infected with the dengue virus, and it is believed that women are more susceptible to mosquitoes because they are less protected than men in addition to stay longer in their homes or areas with stagnant water accumulation. The region most affected by dengue during the study period was Milhã, 117 cases (corresponding to 69.6%) followed by Morada Nova (18.5%). Both justified by poor sanitary conditions for the prevalence of the disease. It was observed that dengue fever is more common among adults (21-30 years) and elderly. It is believed that these adults are more exposed to the dengue mosquito and are likely to be women, and the elderly, to stay a long time at home, are more vulnerable to infection. The month with most reported cases to dengue was September, with 62 cases (36.9%). According to studies, the seasonality of the disease lies on the period from August to December due to high rainfall and high temperatures (essential conditions for development of vector) .The blood counts analysis showed similar results to other studies, which suggested the use of specific parameter changes as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis of growing demand for diagnostics dengue. The NS1 method reveals the concern of the population in diagnosing the infection in the acute phase and facilitate treatment if disease .It is believed that these results are relevant to that health departments, the areas studied, take necessary measures to eradicate the disease, as well as public health agencies pay attention to these findings and seek solutions to other locations that are in the same situation of the cities that were objects of this study.