Exploring the association between precipitation and population cases of ocular toxoplasmosis in Colombia

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies suggest a relationship between precipitation and ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) reactivation and congenital toxoplasmosis infection. We aimed to investigate the relationship between precipitation and the frequency of new OT cases in Colombia from 2015 to 2019.

Methodology

This retrospective cohort study analyzed data obtained from a claims-based database created by the Colombian Ministry of Health and national registries of precipitation of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies. We estimated the daily number of OT cases, interpolating data from the average number of annual cases from 2015 to 2019. Then, we compared exposures (mean daily precipitation) in the case period in which the events (interpolated OT new cases) occ

SUBMITTER: Boada-Robayo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534415 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature