Brote de leptospirosis humana luego de una inundación en Reconquista (Santa Fe), 1998 / Outbreak of human leptospirosis after a flood in Reconquista, Santa Fe, 1998
Rev. argent. microbiol
; Rev. argent. microbiol;34(3): 124-131, jul.-sept. 2002.
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RESUMO
Since April of 1998 a high number of leptospirosis cases were detected, coming from the area of Reconquista Central Hospital in Santa Fe province. Since January of that year a notable increase in rainfall and river levels was observed causing inundation. As screening test, macroscopic agglutination (MAT) using 10 serotypes of L. interrogans. Among the 122 patients studied 71 were TR positive and 52 were also ELISA positive, leptospirosis diagnosis being confirmed in 40 of them. Five infecting serogroups were identified Icterohaemorrhagiae (7/40), Ballum (5/40), Sejroe (3/40), Pomona (3/40) and Canicola (2/40). In the remaining cases (20/40), co-agglutinins were found at the same titer against two or more serotypes of leptospires. Infection prevalence was higher in men and productive age (21 to 40 years). The clinical symptoms more frequently observed were headache, fever and myalgias. All cases occurred after the rains and in the period when the area was flooded. Their clinical presentation, time distribution, geographical localization and high frequency of contact with the risk factor inundation could indicate that, independently of search activities, there was an outbreak.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Surtos de Doenças
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Desastres
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Leptospirose
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. argent. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina
País de publicação:
Argentina