title: [Economic evaluation of cases of dengue fever attributed to the disaster of 2011 in Nova Friburgo (State of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil)].
abstract: The prospects outlined in climate scenarios produced for Brazil indicate a probable increase in the number of extreme hydrometeorological events in the coming years. Therefore, a study of the health scourges that may intensify due to these events is important. The scope of this article is to estimate the cost represented by the cases of dengue fever attributed to the 2011 disaster in Nova Friburgo (RJ). There were 1,356 suspected cases of dengue fever, 937 of which were confirmed. The total cost of the disease may have been between R$66,000 and R$499,000 taking the minimum salary as a benchmark, with approximately 70% of this amount being among the confirmed cases. The disaster caused extensive changes in the city's environment which, together with the urban sanitation and clearing up process that occurred in the post-event period, led to an increase in the number of potential mosquito breeding sites, facilitating their proliferation and increasing the number of cases of dengue fever. This was a disease that in the decade prior to the disaster recorded few cases of the disease in the municipality. This illustrates the potential of events like the one that occurred in 2011 in Nova Friburgo may have on the increase in the number of cases, and consequently on the cost of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, carlos.rpereira@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, carlos.rpereira@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Martha Macedo de Lima
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Barata
authors.affiliation: Fundação Municipal de Saúde de Nova Friburgo.
authors.forename: Melania de Paulo Cariello
authors.initials: Mde P
authors.lastname: Hoelz
authors.affiliation: Fundação Municipal de Saúde de Nova Friburgo.
authors.forename: Viviane Nunes Lopes Oliveira
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, carlos.rpereira@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Felipe de Carvalho Vommaro
authors.initials: Fde C
authors.lastname: Marincola
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, carlos.rpereira@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costa Neto
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fiocruz.
authors.forename: Diana Pinheiro
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Marinho
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fiocruz.
authors.forename: Teresa Vieira Dos Santos
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ensino, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca.
authors.forename: Aline Guimarães Monteiro
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Trigo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ensino, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca.
authors.forename: Thiago Klein de
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Medeiros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003715:Dengue / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors