Notifications of Leptospirosis in the State of Ceará - Brazil, from 2013 to 2019: Profile of Cases and Factors Associated with the Incidence
Renara Régia Rocha Carneiro
Pharmacist Hospital in the Northern Region of the City of Sobral, State of Ceará, Brazil.
Guilherme Mendes Prado
Pharmacy Course Teacher, University Center INTA, Sobral-CE, Brazil.
Júlio César Sousa Prado *
Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Sobral-CE Campus, Brazil.
Jardna Diniz Macêdo
Biomol, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Federal University of Ceará, City of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: This study proposes an epidemiological analysis and distribution of human cases of leptospirosis reported in the State of Ceará, from 2013 to 2019.
Methods: Descriptive study, with data on leptospirosis accidents reported in the Notifiable Diseases Information System between 2013 and 2019.
Results: 344 cases and 24 deaths were reported, with emphasis on the second two months (41%), corresponding to an average annual incidence of 0.54/105 inhabitants and a fatality rate equal to 2.2% per year, directly related to rainfall rates. Of those affected by the disease, 72% were aged 20 to 59, 76% were men, 88% considered themselves black, 39% were residents of urban areas and 59% did not report their education; 87% were diagnosed using clinical-laboratory criteria and 76% were cured.
Conclusion: There was an increase in reports of leptospirosis associated with rainfall, mainly affecting the economically active population, most of whom live on the social margins.
Keywords: Leptospira, descriptive epidemiology, neglected diseases, socioeconomic factors