Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 101 Suppl 1; no. suppl 1; pp. 91 - 96
• Main Authors: Guimarães, Ricardo J P S, Freitas, Corina C, Dutra, Luciano V, Moura, Ana C M, Amaral, Ronaldo S, Drummond, Sandra C, Guerra, Márcio, Scholte, Ronaldo G C, Freitas, Charles R, Carvalho, Omar S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 01-10-2006; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
• Subjects: Animals; Brazil - epidemiology; Geographic Information Systems; geographical information system; Humans; multiple linear regression; PARASITOLOGY; Prevalence; Regression Analysis; risk map; Schistosoma; schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis - epidemiology; Seasons; Socioeconomic Factors; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Brazil; Brazil, Minas Gerais; schistosomiasis; risk map; multiple linear regression; geographical information system
• ISSN: 0074-0276; 1678-8060; 0074-0276; 1678-8060
• DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900014

The aim of this work is to establish a relationship between schistosomiasis prevalence and social-environmental variables, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through multiple linear regression. The final regression model was established, after a variables selection phase, with a set of spatial variables which contains the summer minimum temperature, human development index, and vegetation type variables. Based on this model, a schistosomiasis risk map was built for Minas Gerais.