1996
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101996000500009
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Avaliação da proteção conferida pela vacina antimeningocócica BC no Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1990/92

Abstract: Rev. Saúde Pública, 30 (5): 460-70, 1996 460Resumo São apresentados os resultados da avaliação da vacina antimeningocócica BC de procedência cubana realizada com dados da vigilância epidemiológica de meningites do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil, dos anos de 1990-92. A eficá-cia para os casos confirmados por exames bacteriológicos foi de 59% (IC de 95%: 23 a 78%) para os menores de 4 anos e de 78% (IC de 95%: 54 a 90%) para as crianças de 4 a 7 anos. Com os casos confirmados como causados por sorogrupo B, as … Show more

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“…During the period analyzed, approximately 40% of the notified cases of meningococcal disease were serogrouped. The case-fatality among the latter was between three and four times that of the cases not serogrouped, thus indicating increased probability of serogrouping less grave cases as pointed out by Costa [10,13]. However, the decision to vaccinate was not related to this selection mechanism.…”
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“…During the period analyzed, approximately 40% of the notified cases of meningococcal disease were serogrouped. The case-fatality among the latter was between three and four times that of the cases not serogrouped, thus indicating increased probability of serogrouping less grave cases as pointed out by Costa [10,13]. However, the decision to vaccinate was not related to this selection mechanism.…”
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confidence: 85%
“…The use of polysaccharide vaccines against both B and C serogoups meningococci for children under 4 years of age was shown to be efficient in reducing the incidence of meningococcal disease in the state of Santa Catarina [10], but not in Rio de Janeiro [9] and São Paulo [11] in the early 1990s. However, not even the Santa Catarina study [10] showed a statistically significant reduction in meningococcal disease incidence due to either serogroup B or C separately, but only that due to the combined effect of the two in this age group. Outside Brazil, a Canadian study [5] confirmed effectiveness of antimeningococcal polysaccharide vaccine against serogroup C for individuals under 20 years of age, underlying the importance of indirect vaccine protection.…”
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“…A melhor resposta verificou-se para a faixa etária de maiores de 3 anos, 71% (IC 95% = 34 a 87%) e a mais baixa, de 47% (IC95% = -100% a 89%) para a faixa de 6 a 23 meses 67 . Em Santa Catarina, encontrou-se uma eficácia de 68% (IC95% = 51 a 79%) para o grupo etário de menores de 4 anos e de 71% (IC95% = 48 a 84%) para as crianças de 4 a 7 anos 22,23,61 . A Comissão Mista Brasil-Cuba, constituída pelo Ministério da Saúde, com a finalidade de avaliar o emprego da vacina VA-MENGOC-BC em todo o Brasil (1989-90), encontrou uma eficácia estimada em 75% (IC95% = 60 a 80%), resultante da avaliação obtida em seis Estados da Federação e ratificou a validade da aplicação da vacina em situações epidêmicas 22,61 .…”
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