Climate drivers of hospitalizations for mycoses in Brazil

Climate can modulate human health at large spatial scales, but the influence of global, regional, and local environments remains poorly understood, especially for neglected diseases, such as mycoses. In this work, we present the correlation between climatic variables and hospitalizations for mycoses...

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Published in:Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 6902
Main Authors: Silva, Fabrício Brito, Santos, Jessflan Rafael Nascimento, da Silva, Letícia Chagas, Gomes, Wolia Costa, Villis, Paulo Cesar Mendes, Gomes, Eliane dos Santos, Pinheiro, Edilene de Araújo Diniz, Azevedo, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo e Silva de, Dias, Rosane da Silva, Monteiro, Cristina de Andrade, Santos, Julliana Ribeiro Alves
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 06-05-2019
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Summary:Climate can modulate human health at large spatial scales, but the influence of global, regional, and local environments remains poorly understood, especially for neglected diseases, such as mycoses. In this work, we present the correlation between climatic variables and hospitalizations for mycoses in Brazilian state capitals, evaluating the period of 2008 to 2016 at different time scales. The results indicate that climate modulates the hospitalizations for mycoses differently at annual and monthly time scales, with minimum temperature as a key climatic variable during periods of high prevalence in the 10 Brazilian capitals with the highest hospitalizations for mycoses rates. The greatest number of hospitalizations coincided with La Niña events, while a reduction was observed during El Niño events, thereby demonstrating the influence of the Pacific Interdecadal Climate Oscillation on the prevalence of mycoses in Brazil. At a regional scale, the mycoses burden in Brazil appears to respond differently to local and global climatic drivers.
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ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-43353-w