Knowing the scope of meningococcal disease in Latin America

Marco A.P. Sáfadi; María Teresa Valenzuela; Ana Flavia Carvalho; Lúcia Helena de Oliveira; David M. Salisbury; Jon Kim Andrus

doi:10.26633/RPSP.2017.118

Knowing the scope of meningococcal disease in Latin America

Título traducido de la contribución: Conocer el alcance de la enfermedad meningocócica en América Latina

Marco A.P. Sáfadi^*, María Teresa Valenzuela, Ana Flavia Carvalho, Lúcia Helena de Oliveira, David M. Salisbury, Jon Kim Andrus

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Existen oportunidades para fortalecer la vigilancia de la enfermedad meningocócica entre y dentro de los países de América Latina. En agosto de 2015, el taller se convocó en la ciudad de São Paulo, Brasil, para abordar los siguientes objetivos: 1) revisar la carga de enfermedad meningocócica y el uso de vacunas en América Latina; 2) evaluar la efectividad de las prácticas actuales de vigilancia meningocócica en la región; 3) identificar desafíos para la vigilancia meningocócica en la región; y 4) delinear los pasos para fortalecer la vigilancia y el control de enfermedades meningocócicas en la región. Con base en las discusiones del taller, las recomendaciones para fortalecer la vigilancia y el control de la enfermedad meningocócica en América Latina se enfocan en mejorar: a) las capacidades de laboratorio para las pruebas de diagnóstico; b) comunicación sobre análisis epidemiológicos y de laboratorio; c) comunicación durante los brotes; d) seguimiento de los resultados de la enfermedad a largo plazo; e) conocimiento de las vacunas contra la enfermedad del serogrupo B; yf) criterios para la definición y control de brotes meningocócicos. En general, mejorar la vigilancia ayudará a orientar las estrategias para la prevención y el control de la enfermedad meningocócica en América Latina.

Título traducido de la contribución	Conocer el alcance de la enfermedad meningocócica en América Latina
Idioma original	Inglés
Número de artículo	e118
Publicación	Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health
Volumen	41
DOI	https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2017.118
Estado	Publicada - 2017

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