Incidence of viral hepatitis in brazil from 2009 to 2018: an epidemiological study of confirmed cases of viral hepatitis

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Alessandra Pereira da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Andressa Pereira, Souza, Lohana Marques Leal de, Peixoto, Natália de Oliveira, Gonçalves, Evonnildo Costa, Vianez Júnior, João Lídio da Silva Gonçalves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
• Texto Completo: http://patua.iec.gov.br//handle/iec/4241
• topic: Hepatite Viral Humana / análise; Hepatite A / epidemiologia; Hepatite B / epidemiologia; Hepatite C / epidemiologia; Estatística como Assunto

INTRODUCTION: Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem. It is necessary to understand the epidemic, verifying the combination of biological and demographic characteristics. METHODS: This is an analytical ecological and epidemiological study. Confirmed case data from the Notification Disease Information System (SINAN) were used. RESULTS: From 2009-2018, SINAN confirmed 404,003 viral hepatitis cases in Brazil, with 12.49%, 37.06%, and 48.28% cases of hepatitis A, B, and C, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In Brazil, 4,296 deaths were associated with viral hepatitis, of which 36.66% were associated with acute hepatitis B. The proportional distribution of cases varied among the five Brazilian regions.