Disentangling associations between vegetation greenness and dengue in a Latin American city: Findings and challenges.

ABSTRACT: Being a Re-Emerging Infectious Disease, dengue causes 390 million cases globally and is prevalent in many urban areas in South America. Understanding the fine-scale relationships between dengue incidence and environmental and socioeconomic factors can guide improved disease prevention strategies. This ecological study examines the association between dengue incidence and satellite-based vegetation greenness in 3826 census tracts nested in 474 neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during the 2010 dengue epidemic. To reduce potential bias in the estimated dengue-greenness association, we adjusted for socioeconomic vulnerability, population density, building height and density, land cover composition, elevation, weather patterns, and neighborhood random effects. We found that vegetation gr

SUBMITTER: Cunha MDCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519391 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature