ESTUDIO DE UN BROTE EPIDÉMICO DE TOS FERINA EN CASTELLÓN
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| author | Francisco González Morán |
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| contents | ESTUDIO DE UN BROTE EPIDÉMICO DE TOS FERINA EN CASTELLÓN Francisco González Morán Alfonso García del Busto Concepción Herrero Carot Dionisio Herrera Guibert Isabel Pachón del Amo Carmen Amela Heras Antonio Moreno Civantos Ferrán Martínez Navarro Salud Epi de mic out break Keywords: Whoo ping cough A Study of a Whooping CoughEpidemic Outbreak in Castellon, SpainBack ground: Ba sed on the re port of se ve ral ca ses at oneschool, a study of an epi de mic out break was star ted for the pur -po se of cha rac te ri zing this out break from the per son, pla ce andtime stand point, cal cu la ting the ef fec ti ve ness of the im mu ni za -tion and the con cor dan ce of the ca ses with the po si ti ve re sult ofthe se ro lo gi cal study.Met hods: A «case» is de fi ned as being that in di vi dual whohas a cough las ting for two weeks. A study is made of thespread of the di sease by means of the epi de mic cur ve and theef fec ti ve ness of the per tus sis vac ci ne. The con cor dan ce of theca ses and the po si ti ve se ro logy is eva lua ted by way of theKappa in dex.Re sults: From among the stu dents at se ve ral schools andtho se with whom they were li ving at the time, a to tal of 130 in -di vi duals were sur veyed, 94 of whom fit the «case» de fi ni tion.The ave ra ge age of the ca ses was 10.5 years of age, 42.6%being ma les and 84% school age chil dren, 71.3% sho wingsigns of re cent in fec tion (po si ti ve IgM), the ave ra ge length oftime sin ce the last whoo ping cough im mu ni za tion being 8.25years. The ef fec ti ve ness of the whoo ping cough boos ter is66%. The con cor dan ce bet ween the ca ses and the po si ti ve re -sults of the se ro logy re veals a Kappa = 0.45. No B. Per tussiswas iso la ted in the 25 throat swab sam ples.Con clu sions: Class rooms and the fa mily en vi ron ment are afac tor in sprea ding this di sea se. The in clu ding of a boos ter at 18months im proves the ef fec ti ve ness of the whoo ping cough im -mu ni za tion. The iso lation of B. Per tus sis is not very fre quent,and the se ro logy may be an al ter na ti ve when this di sea se is cli -ni cally sus pec ted. 2002 artículo científico 1135-5727 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17076406 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=170 Revista Española de Salud Pública application/pdf Ministerio de Sanidad Revista Española de Salud Pública (España) Num.4 Vol.76 |
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| spellingShingle | ESTUDIO DE UN BROTE EPIDÉMICO DE TOS FERINA EN CASTELLÓN Francisco González Morán Salud Epi de mic out break Keywords: Whoo ping cough ESTUDIO DE UN BROTE EPIDÉMICO DE TOS FERINA EN CASTELLÓN Francisco González Morán Alfonso García del Busto Concepción Herrero Carot Dionisio Herrera Guibert Isabel Pachón del Amo Carmen Amela Heras Antonio Moreno Civantos Ferrán Martínez Navarro Salud Epi de mic out break Keywords: Whoo ping cough A Study of a Whooping CoughEpidemic Outbreak in Castellon, SpainBack ground: Ba sed on the re port of se ve ral ca ses at oneschool, a study of an epi de mic out break was star ted for the pur -po se of cha rac te ri zing this out break from the per son, pla ce andtime stand point, cal cu la ting the ef fec ti ve ness of the im mu ni za -tion and the con cor dan ce of the ca ses with the po si ti ve re sult ofthe se ro lo gi cal study.Met hods: A «case» is de fi ned as being that in di vi dual whohas a cough las ting for two weeks. A study is made of thespread of the di sease by means of the epi de mic cur ve and theef fec ti ve ness of the per tus sis vac ci ne. The con cor dan ce of theca ses and the po si ti ve se ro logy is eva lua ted by way of theKappa in dex.Re sults: From among the stu dents at se ve ral schools andtho se with whom they were li ving at the time, a to tal of 130 in -di vi duals were sur veyed, 94 of whom fit the «case» de fi ni tion.The ave ra ge age of the ca ses was 10.5 years of age, 42.6%being ma les and 84% school age chil dren, 71.3% sho wingsigns of re cent in fec tion (po si ti ve IgM), the ave ra ge length oftime sin ce the last whoo ping cough im mu ni za tion being 8.25years. The ef fec ti ve ness of the whoo ping cough boos ter is66%. The con cor dan ce bet ween the ca ses and the po si ti ve re -sults of the se ro logy re veals a Kappa = 0.45. No B. Per tussiswas iso la ted in the 25 throat swab sam ples.Con clu sions: Class rooms and the fa mily en vi ron ment are afac tor in sprea ding this di sea se. The in clu ding of a boos ter at 18months im proves the ef fec ti ve ness of the whoo ping cough im -mu ni za tion. The iso lation of B. Per tus sis is not very fre quent,and the se ro logy may be an al ter na ti ve when this di sea se is cli -ni cally sus pec ted. 2002 artículo científico 1135-5727 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17076406 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=170 Revista Española de Salud Pública application/pdf Ministerio de Sanidad Revista Española de Salud Pública (España) Num.4 Vol.76 |
| title | ESTUDIO DE UN BROTE EPIDÉMICO DE TOS FERINA EN CASTELLÓN |
| topic | Salud Epi de mic out break Keywords: Whoo ping cough |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17076406 |