Spatial-temporal analysis of dengue deaths: identifying social vulnerabilities

Spatial-temporal analysis of dengue deaths: identifying social vulnerabilities

Abstract: INTRODUCTION 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: There were 74 deaths, concentrated in areas of social vulnerability. CONCLUSIONS: The use of geo-technology tools pointed to a concentration of dengue deaths in specific intra-urban areas.

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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: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2017
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017000100104
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