Risk areas for hepatitis A, B and C in the municipality of Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil 2007-2010

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.607

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Published: May 8, 2018
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Vol 13, No 1 (2018)
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Demography, Human viral hepatitis, Epidemiology, Health education, Health surveys, Co-infection, Brazil.
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Avanzi, V. M., Fonzar, U. J. V., Silva, E. S., Teixeira, J. J. V., & Bertolini, D. A. (2018). Risk areas for hepatitis A, B and C in the municipality of Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil 2007-2010. Geospatial Health, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2018.607
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Valéria Miranda Avanzi
Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Udelysses Janete Veltrini Fonzar
Municipal Health Department of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Eraldo Schunk Silva
Department of Statistics, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira
Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Dennis Armando Bertolini *
Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
(*) Corresponding Author:
Dennis Armando Bertolini | dabertolini@uem.br

Abstract

Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem in Brazil and worldwide. We retrospectively analyzed 338 cases of hepatitis A, B and C in Maringá, Paraná State from 2007 through 2010. The hepatitis A virus was present in 5.6% of the cases, hepatitis B in 44.7% and hepatitis C in 49.7%. Most of the patients affected were male (55.3%), white (79.6%) and had some primary education (42.9%). Of the 338 cases analyzed, 13.0% had comorbidities. The cases were concentrated in large-population census zones, but it was concluded that the spatial distribution of viral hepatitis in Maringá occurred randomly rather than show any regular pattern.

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