Potential risk sites and their relationship with dengue cases, Campinas municipality, Southeast Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among the main activities of dengue and vector control recommended by the Ministry of Health of Brazil is the inspection and monitoring of properties identified as Strategic Points (SPs) and Special Buildings (SBs). SPs are properties associated to hazard, where there is a concentration of suitable egg-laying containers for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, while SBs have greater importance for human exposure to the dengue virus.

Objectives

To investigate the effect of characteristics of the urban landscape on dengue incidence. Specifically, we tested if SPs and SBs affect dengue case distribution in Campinas, and if they do, if they affect the risk differently. We considered the period from 2013 to 2016.

Methods

We tested whether dengue cases were more numerous th

SUBMITTER: Mendes JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10168557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature