Quali-quantitative study of the social variables defining transmission scenarios of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, 2001-2010

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2014.220

Published 1 August 2014 Open Access


Doctora en Antropología Social. Investigadora adjunta, CONICET-CeNDIE- ANLIS, Argentina , Licenciada en Sociología. Becaria, CeNDIE-ANLIS, Argentina , Periodista. Área comunicación, Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de Buenos Aires, Argentina , Licenciado en Comunicación Social. Investigador, Municipalidad de Rosario, Argentina , Médica generalista. Investigadora, INEVH-ANLIS, Argentina , Médica especialista en Medicina Laboral. Investigadora, INEVH-ANLIS, Argentina , Médica infectóloga. Directora, INEVH-ANLIS, Argentina



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Keywords:

Argentinian Hemorrhagic Fever, Anthropology, Disease Prevention, Argentina

Abstract


The aim of this paper was to characterize transmission scenarios of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever in the post-vaccination period (2001-2010). The study was made up of three phases. The first consisted of a quantitative analysis using the database of the Dr. Julio I. Maiztegui National Institute of Human Viral Diseases [Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas] regarding the confirmed cases in the period of study (221 cases). Taking into account the transmission site and the known endemic area, cases were grouped into three hypothetical transmission scenarios, identified as: a) classical, b) emerging-reemerging, c) traveling. In the second phase, in order to test these hypotheses, in-depth interviews were carried out from August to September 2011 within an intentionally selected sample of patients distributed proportionally among the three hypotheses. Finally, in the third stage, the data obtained for each hypothetical scenario were grouped into three spatiotemporal scales: the microscale (subject), the mesoscale (locality) and macroscale (region). The results show that new transmission sites are associated with the social dynamics of cereal production and port-bound routes.