| Author | Souza, Wayner Vieira de | |
| Author | Araújo, Thália Velho Barreto de | |
| Author | Albuquerque, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de | |
| Author | Braga, Maria Cynthia | |
| Author | Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar | |
| Author | Miranda-Filho, Demócrito de Barros | |
| Author | Bezerra, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque | |
| Author | Dimech, George Santiago | |
| Author | Carvalho, Patrícia Ismael de | |
| Author | Assunção, Romildo Siqueira de | |
| Author | Santos, Roselene Hans | |
| Author | Oliveira, Wanderson Kleber de | |
| Author | Rodrigues, Laura Cunha | |
| Author | Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi | |
| Access date | 2017-06-29T15:38:04Z | |
| Available date | 2017-06-29T15:38:04Z | |
| Document date | 2016 | |
| Citation | SOUZA, Wayner Vieira de et al. Microcephaly in Pernambuco State, Brazil: epidemiological characteristics and evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of cutoff points for reporting suspected cases. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 32, n. 4, p. 1-7, 2016. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1678-4464 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/19673 | |
| Language | por | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Microcefalia | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Zika virus | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Epidemiologia | pt_BR |
| Title | Microcephaly in Pernambuco State, Brazil: epidemiological characteristics and evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of cutoff points for reporting suspected cases | pt_BR |
| Alternative title | Microcefalia no Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil: características epidemiológicas e avaliação da acurácia diagnóstica dos pontos de corte adotados para notificação de caso | pt_BR |
| Alternative title | Microcefalia en el estado de Pernambuco, Brasil: características epidemiológicas y evaluación de la precisión diagnóstica de los puntos de corte adoptados para la notificación de casos | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | pt_BR |
| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311X00017216 | |
| Abstract | The increase in the number of reported cases of microcephaly in Pernambuco State, and Northeast Brazil, characterized an epidemic that led the Brazilian Ministry of Health to declare a national public health emergency. The Brazilian Ministry of Health initially defined suspected cases as newborns with gestational age (GA) ≥ 37 weeks and head circumference (HC) ≤ 33cm, but in December 2015 this cutoff was lowered to 32cm. The current study aimed to estimate the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of different cutoff points for HC, using ROC curves, with the Fenton and Intergrowth (2014) curves as the gold standard. The study described cases reported in Pernambuco from August 8 to November 28, 2015, according to sex and GA categories. The Fenton and Intergrowth methods provide HC growth curves according to GA and sex, and microcephaly is defined as a newborn with HC below the 3rd percentile in these distributions. Of the 684 reported cases, 599 were term or post-term neonates. For these, the analyses with ROC curves show that according to the Fenton criterion the cutoff point with the largest area under the ROC curve, with sensitivity greater than specificity, is 32cm for both sexes. Using the Intergrowth method and following the same criteria, the cutoff points are 32cm and 31.5cm for males and females, respectively. The cutoff point identified by the Fenton method (32cm) coincided with the Brazilian Ministry of Health recommendation. Adopting Intergrowth as the standard, the choice would be 32cm for males and 31.5cm for females. The study identified the need to conduct critical and on-going analyses to evaluate cutoff points, including other characteristics for microcephaly case definition. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
| Subject | Female | pt_BR |
| Subject | Gestational Age | pt_BR |
| Subject | Humans | pt_BR |
| Subject | Infant Newborn | pt_BR |
| Subject | Male | pt_BR |
| Subject | Microcephaly | pt_BR |
| Subject | Pregnancy | pt_BR |
| Subject | Pregnancy Complications, Infectious | pt_BR |
| Subject | ROC Curve | pt_BR |
| Subject | Sensitivity and Specificity | pt_BR |
| Subject | Zika virus | pt_BR |
| Subject | Zika Virus Infection | pt_BR |
| Subject | Epidemiology | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Zika virus | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Sensibilidade e Especificidade | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Infecção pelo Zika virus | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Humanos | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Masculino | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Gravidez | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Curva ROC | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Microcefalia | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Recém-Nascido | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Feminino | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Idade Gestacional | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Epidemiologia | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Diagnóstico | pt_BR |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 05 Igualdade de gênero | |
