Introduction: Eradication of viral hepatitis -among them, hepatitis A- is a key part of the strategy towards implementation of environmental sanitation and immunization. Objective. here was to describe hepatitis A epidemiological trends at the department of Casanare during 2013-2019 timespan. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study from the compulsory notification of event to Sivigila. Variable analysis with descriptive statistics included in the event's file by person-place-time with Epi-Info® / Microsoft Excel®. Incidence and hospitalization rates were computed by 100.000 inhabitants. Results: 90,5% of cases (152/168) were inhabitants at Casanare; 3,2% of registries (5/152) purged, 6,8% (10/147) discarded y 90,1% (137/147) required analysis; 63,2% (12/19) of municipalities reported cases. Annual average of cases: 19,6±22,7 (r=4, 2017 – 70, 2019). By place/sex: urban 75 (54,7%) ...

Introduction: Eradication of viral hepatitis -among them, hepatitis A- is a key part of the strategy towards implementation of environmental sanitation and immunization. Objective. here was to describe hepatitis A epidemiological trends at the department of Casanare during 2013-2019 timespan. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study from the compulsory notification of event to Sivigila. Variable analysis with descriptive statistics included in the event's file by person-place-time with Epi-Info® / Microsoft Excel®. Incidence and hospitalization rates were computed by 100.000 inhabitants. Results: 90,5% of cases (152/168) were inhabitants at Casanare; 3,2% of registries (5/152) purged, 6,8% (10/147) discarded y 90,1% (137/147) required analysis; 63,2% (12/19) of municipalities reported cases. Annual average of cases: 19,6±22,7 (r=4, 2017 – 70, 2019). By place/sex: urban 75 (54,7%) ...