1. Impact of vaccination on the incidence of varicella hospitalizations in a state in Southeast Brazil
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Aline Ciabotti Dias, Sybelle de Souza Castro, Leiner Resende Rodrigues, and Altacílio Aparecido Nunes
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Adolescent ,RC955-962 ,030106 microbiology ,030231 tropical medicine ,Varicella ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Chickenpox ,Spatio-Temporal Analysis ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Statistical significance ,medicine ,Humans ,Time series study ,Young adult ,Child ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Vaccination ,Infant ,PROGRAMAS NACIONAIS DE SAÚDE ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Hospitalization ,Infectious Diseases ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Immunization ,Child, Preschool ,Vaccination coverage ,Female ,Parasitology ,Seasons ,Health programs and plans ,business ,Brazil ,Demography - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to analyze cases of complicated varicella and the impact of varicella vaccination in Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS: This was a time series study of a territorial basis using data on varicella cases from 2010 to 2016, which was provided by the State Health Department of Minas Gerais on . Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis, and the generalized linear regression model proposed by Prais-Winsten was used for the time tendency, adopting a significance level of 5% and the integrated autoregressive modeling of moving averages. RESULTS: There were 1,635 cases of varicella; out of which cellulitis (44%) was the predominant complication. The home-acquired cases were 38.9% and 464 cases (40.6%) were not previously vaccinated. There was a significant decrease in the incidence coefficient when comparing the pre- and post- immunization periods, from 1.95 cases/100,000 inhabitants in 2010 to 0.24 cases/100.000 inhabitants in 2016 (p
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- 2019