International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
Geographical Scale Effects on the Analysis of Leptospirosis Determinants | |
Renata Gracie2  Christovam Barcellos3  Mônica Magalhs3  Reinaldo Souza-Santos4  Paulo Rubens Guimars Barrocas5  Maria Cristina Schneider1  Daniel Forsin Buss1  | |
[1] id="af1-ijerph-11-10366">FIOCRUZ, ICICT/LIS, Núcleo de Geoprocessamento, Avenida Brasil, 4365 Pavilhão Haity Moussatché, sala 231, Rio de Janeiro 21045-900, Braz;FIOCRUZ, ICICT/LIS, Núcleo de Geoprocessamento, Avenida Brasil, 4365 Pavilhão Haity Moussatché, sala 231, Rio de Janeiro 21045-900, Brazil;FIOCRUZ, ICICT/LIS, Núcleo de Geoprocessamento, Avenida Brasil, 4365 Pavilhão Hai ty Moussatché, sala 231- Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21045-900, Brazil; E-Mails:;FIOCRUZ, ENSP/DENSP, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480 ENSP, sala 607—Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, ENSP 21041-210, Brazil; E-Mail:;FIOCRUZ, ENSP/DSSA, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480 ENSP, sala 521—Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil; E-Mail: | |
关键词: leptospirosis; geographical scale; unit of analysis; socioeconomic indicators; environmental indicators; | |
DOI : 10.3390/ijerph111010366 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Leptospirosis displays a great diversity of routes of exposure, reservoirs, etiologic agents, and clinical symptoms. It occurs almost worldwide but its pattern of transmission varies depending where it happens. Climate change may increase the number of cases, especially in developing countries, like Brazil. Spatial analysis studies of leptospirosis have highlighted the importance of socioeconomic and environmental context. Hence, the choice of the geographical scale and unit of analysis used in the studies is pivotal, because it restricts the indicators available for the analysis and may bias the results. In this study, we evaluated which environmental and socioeconomic factors, typically used to characterize the risks of leptospirosis transmission, are more relevant at different geographical scales (
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