Spatial-temporal analysis of dengue deaths: identifying social vulnerabilities

Spatial-temporal analysis of dengue deaths: identifying social vulnerabilities

Currently, dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and zika virus represent serious public health issues in Brazil, despite efforts to control the vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito. This was a descriptive and ecological study of dengue deaths occurring from 2002 to 2013 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. Geop...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 104 - 109
Main Authors: Silva, Maria do Socorro da, Branco, Maria Dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho, Aquino, Junior, José, Queiroz, Rejane Christine de Sousa, Bani, Emanuele, Moreira, Emnielle Pinto Borges, Medeiros, Maria Nilza Lima, Rodrigues, Zulimar Márita Ribeiro
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 01-01-2017
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Aedes - virology
Aedes aegypti
Animals
Aquatic insects
Brazil - epidemiology
Census
Death
Dengue - mortality
Dengue - virology
Dengue fever
Dengue Virus - genetics
Disease Outbreaks
Ecological studies
Fatalities
Female
Fever
Humans
Insect Vectors - virology
Male
Mortality
Public health
Spatial analysis
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Urban areas
Urban Population
Vulnerable Populations
Brazil
Spatial analysis
Death
Dengue fever
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Summary:Currently, dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and zika virus represent serious public health issues in Brazil, despite efforts to control the vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito. This was a descriptive and ecological study of dengue deaths occurring from 2002 to 2013 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil. Geoprocessing software was used to draw maps, linking the geo-referenced deaths with urban/social data at census tract level. There were 74 deaths, concentrated in areas of social vulnerability. The use of geo-technology tools pointed to a concentration of dengue deaths in specific intra-urban areas.
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ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/0037-8682-0272-2016