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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 112, No. 9, 2017, pp. 650-651
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Bioline Code: oc17092
Full paper language: English
Document type: Short Communication
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 112, No. 9, 2017, pp. 650-651
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Increased number of deaths during a chikungunya epidemic in Pernambuco, Brazil
Brito, Carlos Alexandre Antunes de & Teixeira, Maria Glória
Abstract
In early 2016, it was suspected that there were more deaths in Pernambuco than in previous years during an epidemic
of chikungunya. This study tested whether there was an increased number of deaths and, if so, whether this increase
could be related to a chikungunya epidemic. Indeed, there was an increase of 4235 deaths in 2016 compared to
the average of the four previous years, and the highest differences were found during the peak period of the epidemic.
It was evident that not all of these deaths could be attributed to complications of chikungunya. However, considering
the temporal overlap, some of these deaths may have been caused by the aggravation of pre-existing comorbidities or
complications caused directly by chikungunya virus infection.
Keywords
chikungunya; arbovirus; increased death; Pernambuco.
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