Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017
<strong>Foundation:</strong> leptospirosis still is the most prequent zoonosis worldwide. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize clinically and epidemiologically patients with leptospirosis.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> Observational desc...
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doaj-8f7ebcbcf1d94bb4a8758c4076eb3e2c2021-08-27T02:17:00ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2018-12-011667727791627Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017Narciso Águila Rodríguez0Hilda María Delgado Acosta1Tamara Montenegro Calderón2Delfín Rodríguez Buergo3Lizette Rodríguez Fernández4Rosario Rodríguez Castro5Unidad Municipal de Higiene y Epidemiología. Cumanayagua. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosCentro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Cienfuegos.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos.Departamento de Higiene y Epidemiología. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosDepartamento de Salud Pública. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.<strong>Foundation:</strong> leptospirosis still is the most prequent zoonosis worldwide. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize clinically and epidemiologically patients with leptospirosis.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> Observational descriptive method which included 38 cases diagnosed leptospirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality, Cienfuegos Province in the period 2207- 2017. The variables used were year and month of the diagnosis, age sex, precedence, vaccination antecedents, possible source of infection, signs, symptoms and complications. Data was collected from chronological series and epidemiological histories at the Municipal Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Data processing was done with Excel and percentages and incidence rates were used. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> during the period 2072 patients were reported as suspected to have the disease and only 38 were confirmed. The highest rate was in 2013 with 42.1%. Only 15% had antecedents of being vaccinated with the anti- leptospirosis vaccine. The infection source of higher incidence was to be an agricultural worker with 47.4%, followed by contact with animals 28.9%. Among the most frequent symptoms were fever, chephalalgias, myalgias and arthralgias. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> a sub-registration in the serological diagnosis of the cases., occupational risks with contact to agricultural activities and predominance of clinical anicteric form.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4105leptospirosispruebas serológicasriesgos laboralesestudio observacional |
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Narciso Águila Rodríguez Hilda María Delgado Acosta Tamara Montenegro Calderón Delfín Rodríguez Buergo Lizette Rodríguez Fernández Rosario Rodríguez Castro Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017 Medisur leptospirosis pruebas serológicas riesgos laborales estudio observacional |
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Narciso Águila Rodríguez Hilda María Delgado Acosta Tamara Montenegro Calderón Delfín Rodríguez Buergo Lizette Rodríguez Fernández Rosario Rodríguez Castro |
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Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017 |
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Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017 |
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Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017 |
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Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017 |
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Clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality. Cienfuegos Province. 2007-2017 |
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clinical-epidemilogical characterization of patients with leptopirosis in the cumanayagua municipality. cienfuegos province. 2007-2017 |
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<strong>Foundation:</strong> leptospirosis still is the most prequent zoonosis worldwide. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize clinically and epidemiologically patients with leptospirosis.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> Observational descriptive method which included 38 cases diagnosed leptospirosis in the Cumanayagua Municipality, Cienfuegos Province in the period 2207- 2017. The variables used were year and month of the diagnosis, age sex, precedence, vaccination antecedents, possible source of infection, signs, symptoms and complications. Data was collected from chronological series and epidemiological histories at the Municipal Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Data processing was done with Excel and percentages and incidence rates were used. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> during the period 2072 patients were reported as suspected to have the disease and only 38 were confirmed. The highest rate was in 2013 with 42.1%. Only 15% had antecedents of being vaccinated with the anti- leptospirosis vaccine. The infection source of higher incidence was to be an agricultural worker with 47.4%, followed by contact with animals 28.9%. Among the most frequent symptoms were fever, chephalalgias, myalgias and arthralgias. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> a sub-registration in the serological diagnosis of the cases., occupational risks with contact to agricultural activities and predominance of clinical anicteric form. |
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leptospirosis pruebas serológicas riesgos laborales estudio observacional |
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