Temporal analysis of the relationship between leptospirosis and the occurrence of flooding due to rainfall in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007-2012/Analise temporal da relacao entre leptospirose e ocorrencia de inundacoes por chuvas no municipio do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2007-2012

The scope of this study is to examine the effect of the average monthly rainfall on the risk of contracting leptospirosis in the city of Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2012. It involves an analytical ecological study conducted in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the 2007-2012 period. The variable for...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva Vol. 19; no. 9; p. 3683
Main Authors: Guimaraes, Raphael Mendonca, Cruz, Oswaldo Goncalves, Parreira, Viviane Gomes, Mazoto, Maira Lopes, Vieira, Juliana Dias, Asmus, Carmen Ildes Rodrigues Froes
Format: Journal Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva - ABRASCO 01-09-2014
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Summary:The scope of this study is to examine the effect of the average monthly rainfall on the risk of contracting leptospirosis in the city of Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2012. It involves an analytical ecological study conducted in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the 2007-2012 period. The variable for the outcome was the number of leptospirosis cases per month, and the independent variable was the average monthly rainfall recorded by the 32 monitoring stations per year. It was decided to model the relationship between cases of leptospirosis and the effects of rain by building a generalized linear model using negative binomial distribution. The rainfall-lag per month was found to be a strong explanatory factor for the number of cases of leptospirosis. This study indicates that the average monthly rainfall may constitute an indicator that enables the execution of actions in order to prepare the health sector for the probable increase in cases of this disease. Therefore, it is necessary to implement the interaction between the work of epidemiological surveillance, especially by situation rooms in periods of crisis, and the risk management teams of environmental surveillance, to increase the response capacity to natural disasters in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro Key words Leptospirosis, Climate, Floods, Temporal distribution O objetivo do presente estudo e examinar o efeito da media mensal de precipitacoes sobre o risco de leptospirose na cidade do Rio de Janeiro entre 2007 e 2012. Trata-se de um estudo ecologico analitico cuja variavel de desfecho foi o numero de casos de leptospirose por mes, e a variavel independente foi a precipitacao media mensal para as 32 estacoes de monitoramento por ano. Optou-se por modelar a relacao entre os casos de leptospirose e o efeito da chuva atraves da construcao de um modelo linear generalizado, utilizando a distribuicao binomial negativa. A precipitacao-lag mes mostrou ser um fator explicativo forte para o numero de casos de leptospirose. Este estudo indica que a media mensal de precipitacoes pode se constituir em um indicador que permita a realizacao de acoes visando a preparacao do setor saude para o provavel aumento de casos desta doenca. Cabe, portanto, a articulacao entre o trabalho da vigilancia epidemiologica, especialmente aquele feito pelas salas de situacao em periodos de crise, e as instancias de gestao de riscos da vigilancia ambiental, para aumentar a capacidade de resposta a desastres naturais no municipio do Rio de Janeiro. Palavras-chave Leptospirose, Clima, Inundacoes, Distribuicao Temporal
ISSN:1413-8123
DOI:10.1590/1413-81232014199.06432014