Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Dispatch
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Outbreak, Brazil, December 2009–January 2010
Table 1
Distribution of HPS patients, according to sex, age, criterion of confirmation, hospitalization, and evolution of the cases, Sobradinho Indian settlement, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, January 2010*
Characteristic | No. (%) male | No. (%) female | No. (%) total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age, y | ||||
<5 | 2 (22.2) | – | 2 (11.1) | |
5–10 | 3 (33.3 | 3 (33.3) | 6 (33.3) | |
11–15 | 3 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (33.3) | |
16– 20 | 1 (11.1) | – | 1 (5.6) | |
>20 | – | 3 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) | |
Criterion of confirmation | ||||
Laboratorial | 9 (100.0) | 8 (88.9) | 17 (94.4) | |
Clinical and epidemiologic | – | 1 (11.1) | 1 (5.6) | |
Hospitalization | ||||
Hospital stay | 3 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (33.3) | |
Observations at house I | 2 (22.2) | 3 (33.3) | 5 (27.8) | |
Never left Indian settlement | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | 7 (38.9) | |
Evolution | ||||
Cure | 9 (100.0) | 8 (88.9) | 17 (94.4) | |
Death | – | 1 (11.1) | 1 (5.6) | |
Total | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | 18 (100.0) |
*HPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; –, none. Source: Health State Secretary of Mato Grosso, 2011.
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