NUMERO: #20230158

Título: SUCCESSIVE INCREASE IN CASES OF HERPES ZOSTER IN BRAZIL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Nome do Apresentador: Célia Márcia Fernandes MAIA

Categoria do Trabalho: Painel de pesquisa científica (PPC)

Área Temática: Estomatologia

Resumo: Objective: Compare data from the Unified Health System on the number of herpes zoster (HZ) diagnoses from the pre-pandemic period with data from the pandemic period.
Study design: Data were extracted from the public database (DATASUS), the five Brazilian geographic regions. Descriptive data analysis was performed using the statistical program PASW 24.0®.
Results: A previous study showed an increase in the number of HZ diagnoses throughout Brazil, from March to August 2020 compared to the same months of 2017-2019. Comparison of the second half of the pandemic period with the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic and afterward with the same months before the pandemic. There was an increase of HZ cases in the second half of the pandemic throughout Brazil (+11%). When comparing the pandemic period (September the February 2020/2021) with the same months before the pandemic, the increase in the number of HZ cases (+53%). There was an increase in the incidence rate all over Brazil between the first and second pandemic periods and between the pre-pandemic and second pandemic periods.
Conclusion: Measures to control the rise in cases of HZ in the first period of the pandemic were ineffective, including seeking health care.

Acknowledgment: FAPEMIG and CNPq

Autor 1:  Célia Márcia Fernandes MAIA

E-mail 1:  [email protected]

Autor 2:   Nelson Pereira Marques

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Autor 3 :  Nádia Carolina Teixeira Marques

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Autor 4:  Edson Hilan Gomes de Lucena

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Autor 5:  Daniella R. Barbosa Martelli

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Autor 6:  Eduardo A. Oliveira

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Autor 7:  Hercílio Martelli-Júnior

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