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Title: | Spatial distribution of human visceral leishmaniasis cases in Cametá, Pará, Eastern Amazon, Brazil |
Authors: | Miranda, Cláudia do Socorro Carvalho Bonito, Jorge Oliveira, Rafael Aleixo Coelho de Guedes, Juan Andrade Santos, Conceição Oliveira, João Sérgio de Sousa Filgueiras, Tainara Garcia Oliveira, Francisco Assis Filgueiras, Tainã Garcia Gonçalves, Nelson Veiga |
Editors: | Filho, Dalmo Correia |
Keywords: | Environmental health Epidemiology Leishmaniasis Spatial analysis |
Issue Date: | Nov-2021 |
Publisher: | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
Citation: | Miranda, C., Bonito, J., Oliveira, R., Guedes, J., Santos, C., Oliveira, J., Filgueiras, T., Assis, F., Filgueiras, T., & Gonçalves, N. (2021). Spatial distribution of human visceral leishmaniasis cases in Cametá, Pará, Eastern Amazon, Brazil. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, 54, e0220-2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0220-2021. |
Abstract: | Introduction: Human visceral leishmaniasis is considered a major public health problem in the municipality of Cametá, Pará, Brazil.
Methods: This ecological study was conducted using data obtained from official Brazilian agencies. Spatial analysis of the variables
was performed using the kernel interpolation technique and the bivariate Global Moran’s Index. Results: The spatial distribution of the disease was not homogeneous, and it was associated with socio-environmental risk factors and public policies. Conclusions: Different relationships were observed between the variables studied and disease occurrence. |
URI: | https://www.scielo.br/j/rsbmt/a/dMrrypT7K97YvfbCyQfdc6y/?format=pdf&lang=en http://hdl.handle.net/10174/30373 |
ISSN: | 1413-8123 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | PED - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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