Varicella-Zoster in children attended in day cares of Taubaté / "Varicela -Zóster em crianças de creches municipais de Taubaté"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

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Objective: To evaluate the morbidity associated to varicella in day cares centers of Taubaté and the parent s knowledge about the disease. Subjects and Methods: Cross-sectional study, including 664 children that had varicella after admission to the day care centers. Parents of children were interviewed by one of the participant of the study that filled in previously tested form. Data were compiled in database and analyzed in program Epi-info version 6.01. Results: Children had varicella at six months to seven years of age, (median = 36 months) and 8.4% of cases occurred in children under 12 months of age. The most frequent symptoms were: exantema (100.0%), fever (85.4%), anorexia (39.6%) and headache (15.3%). Five hundred and seventeen children (77.9%) were taken for medical visits, 80.6% were medicated, and 73 children (11.0%) were medicated with anti-inflammatory drugs and 52 children (7.8%) with antibiotics

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varicela/epidemiologia period analysis taubate(sp) inquÉritos de morbidade child day care center taubatÉ(sp) herpevirus 3 human/pathogenicity chickenpox/epidemiology morbidity surveys herpesvÍrus 3 humano/patogenicidade chickenpox/complications creches varicela/complicações anÁlise transversal

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