Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017

<strong>Foundation:</strong> rabies is a viral disease with a mortality of almost 100%, but avoidable by vaccination. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos, in the years 2016 and 2017....

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Main Authors: Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina, Tamara Montenegro Calderón, Maydel Llull Díaz, Lisamary López Ortega, Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez
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Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2019-06-01
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Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4159
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spelling doaj-58f5ead9b8354ac99c1faf4c874982432021-08-27T02:17:01ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2019-06-011733743821704Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina0Tamara Montenegro Calderón1Maydel Llull Díaz2Lisamary López Ortega3Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez4Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Cienfuegos.Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Cienfuegos.Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos.<strong>Foundation:</strong> rabies is a viral disease with a mortality of almost 100%, but avoidable by vaccination. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos, in the years 2016 and 2017. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> retrospective descriptive study of all the patients injured by animals in the province of Cienfuegos, during the period from January 2016 to December 2017. The variables analyzed were: municipalities of occurrence, injury severity, age groups, type of animal injury, rabies treatment, canine sanitation and rabies surveillance. The primary source for obtaining the information was injured patient´s notification cards review in the health areas of the Cienfuegos Province and data from the Department of Statistics of the Provincial Center for Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology of Cienfuegos. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> 2 577 injured were reported; Lajas was the municipality with the highest number of reports in 2016 and Palmira in 2017; the risk of humans to get rabies is kept high; 87.5% of the injuries were produced by canines, of which 35.2% are street dogs. The 5-9 years pediatric ages have the highest rates; slight injuries predominated and sanitation activity was higher in 2017. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> there are still difficulties in the prevention and control of rabies, so it is important to work on the deficiencies to avoid the occurrence of cases taking into account the high lethality of this disease.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4159rabiacontrol de enfermedades transmisiblescuba
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author Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina
Tamara Montenegro Calderón
Maydel Llull Díaz
Lisamary López Ortega
Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez
spellingShingle Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina
Tamara Montenegro Calderón
Maydel Llull Díaz
Lisamary López Ortega
Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez
Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017
Medisur
rabia
control de enfermedades transmisibles
cuba
author_facet Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina
Tamara Montenegro Calderón
Maydel Llull Díaz
Lisamary López Ortega
Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez
author_sort Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina
title Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017
title_short Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017
title_full Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017
title_fullStr Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017
title_full_unstemmed Clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos. 2016-2017
title_sort clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of cienfuegos. 2016-2017
publisher Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
series Medisur
issn 1727-897X
publishDate 2019-06-01
description <strong>Foundation:</strong> rabies is a viral disease with a mortality of almost 100%, but avoidable by vaccination. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of rabies in the province of Cienfuegos, in the years 2016 and 2017. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> retrospective descriptive study of all the patients injured by animals in the province of Cienfuegos, during the period from January 2016 to December 2017. The variables analyzed were: municipalities of occurrence, injury severity, age groups, type of animal injury, rabies treatment, canine sanitation and rabies surveillance. The primary source for obtaining the information was injured patient´s notification cards review in the health areas of the Cienfuegos Province and data from the Department of Statistics of the Provincial Center for Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology of Cienfuegos. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> 2 577 injured were reported; Lajas was the municipality with the highest number of reports in 2016 and Palmira in 2017; the risk of humans to get rabies is kept high; 87.5% of the injuries were produced by canines, of which 35.2% are street dogs. The 5-9 years pediatric ages have the highest rates; slight injuries predominated and sanitation activity was higher in 2017. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> there are still difficulties in the prevention and control of rabies, so it is important to work on the deficiencies to avoid the occurrence of cases taking into account the high lethality of this disease.
topic rabia
control de enfermedades transmisibles
cuba
url http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4159
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