Comparison of malaria incidence rates and socioeconomic-environmental factors between the states of Acre and Rondonia: a spatio-temporal modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a threat to public health, but Plasmodium vivax malaria is most prevalent in Latin America, where the incidence rate has been increasing since 2016, particularly in Venezuela and Brazil. The Brazilian Amazon reported 193,000 cases in 2017, which were mostly confirmed as P. vivax (~ 90%). Herein, the relationships among malaria incidence rates and the proportion of accumulated deforestation were contrasted using data from the states of Acre and Rondônia in the south-western Brazilian Amazon. The main purpose is to test the hypothesis that the observed difference in incidence rates is associated with the proportion of accumulated deforestation.

Methods

An ecological study using spatial and temporal models for mapping and modelling ma

SUBMITTER: de Oliveira Padilha MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6727495 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature