Prevalence of arboviruses in rooms of the General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto ", Guantánamo

Abstract

A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in hospitalized patients with the diagnosis of arbovirosis in Guantanamo's General Teaching Hospital "Agostinho Neto". The universe consisted of patients admitted on November 10, 2016 in the three isolation rooms authorized for that purpose, which were 68 cases. Clinical and epidemiological variables were studied and reviewed in the patients’ clinical histories. The absolute number and percentage were used as summary measures for qualitative variables and for quantitative variables in the average. The point prevalence of arbovirosis was 100 %. 50 % of the patients were 38.5 years old and the female sex predominated over the male. The most represented arbovirosis was the suspicion of zika. There were difficulties in the detection and early entry of cases.