Vasconcelos P.F.C., Rodrigues S.G., Dégallier Nicolas, Moraes M.A.P., Travassos da Rosa J.F.S., Travassos da Rosa E.S., Mondet Bernard, Barros V.L.R.S., Travassos da Rosa A.P.A. (1997). An epidemic of sylvatic yellow fever in the southeast region of Maranhao state, Brazil, 1993-1994 : epidemiologic and entomologic findings. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 57 (2), p. 132-137. ISSN 0002-9637.
Titre du document
An epidemic of sylvatic yellow fever in the southeast region of Maranhao state, Brazil, 1993-1994 : epidemiologic and entomologic findings
Année de publication
1997
Auteurs
Vasconcelos P.F.C., Rodrigues S.G., Dégallier Nicolas, Moraes M.A.P., Travassos da Rosa J.F.S., Travassos da Rosa E.S., Mondet Bernard, Barros V.L.R.S., Travassos da Rosa A.P.A.
Source
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997,
57 (2), p. 132-137 ISSN 0002-9637
Yellow fever virus transmission was very active in Maranhao State in Brazil in 1993 and 1994. An investigation was carried out to evaluate the magnitude of the epidemic. In 1993, a total of 932 people was examined for yellow fever from Maranhao : 70 were positive serologically, histopathologically, and/or by virus isolation, and another four cases were diagnosed clinically and epidemiogically. In Mirador (17,565 inhabitants), the incidence was 3.5 per 1,000 people (case fatality rate [number of deaths/number of cases diagnosed] = 16.4%), while in a rural yellow fever risk area (14,659 inhabitants), the incidence was 4.2 and the case-fatality rate was 16,1% (10 of 62). A total of 45.2% (28 of 62) asymptomatic infections were registrered. In 1994, 49 serum samples were obtained and 16 cases were confirmed (two by virus isolation, two by seroconversion, and 12 by serology). No fatal cases were reported. In 1993, 936 potential yellow fever vectors were captured in Mirador and a single strain was isolated from a pool of Haemagogus janthinomys (infection rate = 0.16%). In 1994, 16 strains were isolated from 1,318 Hg. janthinomys (infection rate = 1.34%) and one Sabethes chloropterus (infection rate = 1.67%). Our results suggest that this was the most extensive outbreak of yellow fever in the last 20 years in Brazil. It is also clear that the lack of vaccination was the principal reason for the epidemic, which occurred between April and June, during the rainy season, a period in which the mosquito population in the forest increases. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Epidémiologie des arbovirus [052CULARB03]
Descripteurs
FIEVRE JAUNE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE ; TRANSMISSION ; VARIATION SAISONNIERE ; EPIDEMIE ; SURVEILLANCE ENTOMOLOGIQUE
Description Géographique
BRESIL ; MARANHAO
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010011863] ;
Montpellier (Centre IRD)
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010011863
