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Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud) is the official publication of the Institute of Research in Health Sciences (IICS) of the National University of Asunción (UNA), Paraguay. It publishes original scientific contributions in clinical medicine, biomedical research, microbiology, molecular biology, dentistry, nursing, nutrition, public health, health biotechnology, genetics, biochemistry, and related disciplines. Founded in 1983, the journal adopted its current name in 2002 and has been published exclusively online since 2015, incorporating XML article dissemination as of 2024. Since 2023, it operates under a continuous publication model. The journal accepts manuscripts in Spanish and English as original research articles, reviews, case studies, and brief communications. All content is available in open access, free of charge for authors and readers, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). It is indexed in BVS, SciELO Paraguay, HINARI, LILACS, DOAJ, Latindex, MIAR, Dialnet, CiteFactor, Google Scholar, LivRe, BASE, EBSCO, and Web of Science – SciELO Citation Index. The journal is funded by IICS-UNA, supports the OAI-PMH protocol for metadata harvesting, and uses the LOCKSS system for digital preservation of its contents.

 
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Situación epidemiológica del síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus (SPH). Paraguay 2000-2004

Authors

  • Ariel Insaurralde Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud-UNA
  • Malvina Páez Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud-UNA Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar

Keywords:

Hanta virus, zoonosis, Paraguay

Abstract

El Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus (SPH) es una zoonosis grave transmitida por el roedor Calomys laucha, reservorio del virus hanta, que fue diagnosticado por primera vez en el chaco paraguayo en 1995. En el presente trabajo retrospectivo-descriptivo se analizan las características epidemiológicas del SPH en el Chaco paraguayo entre el 2000-2004, se analizaron fichas clínicoepidemiológicas remitidas a Vigilancia de la Salud del Ministerio de Salud. Se registraron 62 casos de SPH, mayoritaria en sexo masculino, entre 12 y 70 años de edad, 47 % en inmigrantes menonitas y 98 %en el Chaco Central. Las actividades agrícolas fueron las de mayor riesgo. La tasa de incidencia del país fue 1,02 x100000 hab., con una letalidad de 11,3%. A raíz de los últimos casos confirmados, se hace necesario reforzar las acciones de prevención por parte de los Servicios de Salud del país, a través de sus equipos de epidemiología, clínicos y del ambiente.

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Published

2008-06-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2008): Enero-Junio

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Insaurralde, A., & Páez, M. . (2008). Situación epidemiológica del síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus (SPH). Paraguay 2000-2004. Memorias Del Instituto De Investigaciones En Ciencias De La Salud, 6(1), 28-33. https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/RIIC/article/view/666