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dc.contributor.authorAlarcón-Elbal, Pedro María-
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-17T02:44:04Z-
dc.date.available2021-09-17T02:44:04Z-
dc.date.issued2018-
dc.identifier.citationEpidemiology & Infection, 146(16), 2059-2065-
dc.identifier.urihttp://cris.unibe.edu.do/handle/123456789/161-
dc.description.abstractIn some chikungunya epidemics, deaths are not completely captured by traditional surveillance systems, which record case and death reports. We evaluated excess deaths associated with the 2014 chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemic in Guadeloupe and Martinique, Antilles. Population (784 097 inhabitants) and mortality data, estimated by sex and age, were accessed from the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques in France. Epidemiological data, cases, hospitalisations and deaths on CHIKV were obtained from the official epidemiological reports of the Cellule de Institut de Veille Sanitaire in France. Excess deaths were calculated as the difference between the expected and observed deaths for all age groups for each month in 2014 and 2015, considering the upper limit of 99% confidence interval. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed a strong correlation between monthly excess deaths and reported cases of chikungunya (R = 0.81, p < 0.005) and with a 1-month lag (R = 0.87, p < 0.001); and a strong correlation was also observed between monthly rates of hospitalisation for CHIKV and excess deaths with a delay of 1 month (R = 0.87, p < 0.0005). The peak of the epidemic occurred in the month with the highest mortality, returning to normal soon after the end of the CHIKV epidemic. There were excess deaths in almost all age groups, and excess mortality rate was higher among the elderly but was similar between male and female individuals. The overall mortality estimated in the current study (639 deaths) was about four times greater than that obtained through death declarations (160 deaths). Although the aetiological diagnosis of all deaths associated with CHIKV infection is not always possible, already well-known statistical tools can contribute to the evaluation of the impact of CHIKV on mortality and morbidity in the different age groups.en
dc.language.isoEnglish-
dc.publisherCambridge University Press-
dc.relation.ispartofEpidemiology and Infection-
dc.subjectCiencias de la Salud-
dc.subjectCiencias de la Vida-
dc.titleExcess mortality in Guadeloupe and Martinique, islands of the French West Indies, during the chikungunya epidemic of 2014en
dc.typeJournal Article-
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0950268818002315-
dc.identifier.pmid30152293-
dc.rights.holderCopyright © Cambridge University Press 2018-
dc.contributor.affiliationInstituto de Medicina Tropical y Salud Global (IMTSAG)-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC6453005-
dc.relation.issn0950-2688-
dc.description.volume146-
dc.description.issue16-
dc.description.startpage2059-
dc.description.endpage2065-
dc.subject.keywordsArboviruses-
dc.subject.keywordsChikungunya virus-
dc.subject.keywordsModelling-
dc.subject.keywordsMortality-
dc.subject.keywordsVectors-
dc.contributor.authorsRibas Freitas, A. R.-
dc.contributor.authorsAlarcón-Elbal, Pedro María-
dc.contributor.authorsDonalisio, M. R.-
dc.typeofaccessOpen Access-
dc.contributor.affiliationinstitutionFaculdade de Medicina São Leopoldo Mandic-
dc.contributor.affiliationinstitutionUniversidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE)-
dc.contributor.affiliationinstitutionState University of Campinas-
dc.contributor.affiliationcountryBrazil-
dc.contributor.affiliationcountryDominican Republic-
dc.contributor.affiliationcountryBrazil-
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item.languageiso639-1English-
crisitem.author.deptInstituto de Medicina Tropical y Salud Global (IMTSAG)-
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