1. Impact of vaccination on the incidence of varicella hospitalizations in a state in Southeast Brazil
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Aline Ciabotti Dias, Leiner Resende Rodrigues, Altacílio Aparecido Nunes, and Sybelle de Souza Castro
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Varicella ,Hospitalization ,Immunization ,Health programs and plans ,Vaccination ,Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,RC955-962 - Abstract
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
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