Rainfall and other meteorological factors as drivers of urban transmission of leptospirosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leptospirosis is an important public health problem affecting vulnerable urban slum populations in developing country settings. However, the complex interaction of meteorological factors driving the temporal trends of leptospirosis remain incompletely understood.

Methods and findings

From March 1996-March 2010, we investigated the association between the weekly incidence of leptospirosis and meteorological anomalies in the city of Salvador, Brazil by using a dynamic generalized linear model that accounted for time lags, overall trend, and seasonal variation. Our model showed an increase of leptospirosis cases associated with higher than expected rainfall, lower than expected temperature and higher than expected humidity. There was a lag of one-to-two weeks between

SUBMITTER: Cunha M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022820 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature