Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 670 - 673
• Main Authors: Alves, José Antonio Barreto, Santos, Jokasta Rodrigues, de Mendonça, Emanuelle Nabuco, Abud, Ana Cristina Freire, Nunes, Mariangela da Silva, Fakhouri, Ricardo, Inagaki, Ana Dorcas de Melo, Marchioro, Murilo, Antoniolli, Angelo Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 01-11-2011; Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT; Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brazil - epidemiology; Dengue; Dengue - epidemiology; Disease Notification; Doenças infecciosas; Epidemiologia; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Notificação de doenças; Public health; Retrospective Studies; Seasons; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Vector-borne diseases; Young Adult; Brazil; Disease notification; Infectious diseases; Dengue; Doenças infecciosas; Notificação de doenças; Epidemiologia; Epidemiology
• ISSN: 0037-8682; 1678-9849; 1678-9849; 0037-8682
• DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000600004

The dengue fever remains to be a disease of serious public health concern, and its incidence has increased in the past decades. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiological incidence of dengue in the period 2001-2010.
This is an epidemiological study of dengue in the municipality of Aracaju, state of Sergipe, in the period between 2001 and 2010, whose data were obtained from the Information System of Diseases Notifications. A descriptive analysis of the number of confirmed cases of dengue, according to year, semester, sanitary district, age, and sex, was performed.
There were 16,462 confirmed cases, especially in 2008, which obtained the highest incidence of the disease, with 10,485 confirmed cases. The first semester obtained the highest registration of cases during the years of research; this was predominated by females between 15 and 49 years old. With regard to the territorial distribution, the second district of the municipality obtained the highest number of cases.
In 2008, in the City of Aracaju, SE, a significant increase in the proportion of dengue cases compared with other years was verified. However, a fast decline in the other years was observed, possibly because of the intensification of preventive actions to combat the mosquito that transmits the dengue virus.