Association between reported annual gold mining extraction and incidence of malaria in Mato Grosso-Brazil, 1985-1996

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Fontes, Cor Jesus Fernandes¹  Núcleo de Estudos de Doenças Infecciosas e Tropicais de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá¹  Duarte, Elisabeth Carmen¹  Universidade de Cuiabá, Cuiabá¹  Fundação Nacional de Saúde, Cuiabá¹  Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brasil¹ 

关键词: Malaria;    Gold mining;    Disease control;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822002000600020

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

A secondary data analysis was performed using an ecological design to study the association between malaria incidence rates, the reported annual production of gold mining extraction and monetary investments for the control of malaria from 1985 to 1996 in Mato Grosso, Brazil. A positive and statistically significant (p<0.001) association between the amount of gold extracted and MIR was obtained in multivariate regression analysis, even after allowing for financial investments in malaria control activities. This finding contributes to an understanding of the decrease observed in malaria incidence in Mato Grosso during the last decade, in view of the significant decrease in gold mining within the region during this period.

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