Universidade do Estado do Pará, Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Geoprocessamento da Amazônia, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Escola Superior da Amazônia, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2021 Nov 15;54:e0220. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0220-2021. eCollection 2021.
Human visceral leishmaniasis is considered a major public health problem in the municipality of Cametá, Pará, Brazil.
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.
The spatial distribution of the disease was not homogeneous, and it was associated with socio-environmental risk factors and public policies.
Different relationships were observed between the variables studied and disease occurrence.
巴西帕拉州卡梅塔市的内脏利什曼病被认为是一个主要的公共卫生问题。
本生态研究使用了来自巴西官方机构的数据。使用核插值技术和双变量全局 Moran 指数对变量进行空间分析。
疾病的空间分布不均匀,与社会环境风险因素和公共政策有关。
研究中观察到变量与疾病发生之间存在不同的关系。