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[Epidemiological behavior of hepatitis A in Barranquilla, Colombia, in the period 2013-2017]
Damaris Suarez-Palacio1, Andrés Muñoz-Garzón2, Marco Parra-Pérez3
1DS: Fisioterapeuta y Abogada. M. Sc. Salud Pública Universidad Simón Bolívar. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Barranquilla, Colombia. dsuarez3@unisimonbolivar.edu.co.
Objective:
To analyze the epidemiological behavior of hepatitis A in the district of Barranquilla (Colombia), in the period 2013-2017.
Materials And Methods:
Descriptive study, in which the database of all hepatitis A cases reported in the district of Barranquilla during the observation period were retrospectively reviewed.
Results:
There were 293 new cases of hepatitis A reported in the district of Barranquilla, of which 62.4% occurred in men and 37.6% in women. The age groups most affected by the disease were adults (39.6%), followed by young people and schoolchildren (15%, respectively). The incidence of hepatitis A in the district of Barranquilla decreased between 2013 and 2016 from 10.9 to 1.5 cases per 100 000 inhabitants; however, in 2017 there was a slight increase to 2.5 cases per 100 000 inhabitants.
Conclusions:
Hepatitis A is an event of interest for public health in the district of Barranquilla, and the behavior of its incidence has had a downward trend in recent years.
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