ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CLIMATOLOGICAL FACTORS AND INCIDENCE RATE OF DENGUE IN SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA, 2007-2013 (IN SPANISH)

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas

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Salazar-Ceballos Alexander¹  Álvarez-Miño Lídice² 

[1] Bacteriólogo y Laboratorista Clínico. MSc. Profesor Asociado. Programa de Medicina. Universidad del Magdalena. Santa Marta. Colombia.;

[2] Terapeuta Ocupacional. MSc. Profesora Asociada. Programa de Enfermería. Universidad del Magdalena. Santa Marta. Colombia.;

关键词: Dengue;    Atmospheric precipitation;    Rain;    Climate effects;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: in Colombia, several authors have studied the relationship between theclimatological variables and dengue, but studies carried out in Santa Marta, in theColombian Caribbean, have been not found.Objective: to estimate the association between the incidence rate of dengue and theclimatological factors: environmental temperature, relative humidity of the atmosphereand precipitation.Methods: study carried out in Santa Marta, Colombia, with data since 2007 until 2013,concerning the incidence rate of cases of dengue reported to the Instituto Nacional deSalud of Colombia and climatological reports of the monthly average of the environmentaltemperature, the precipitation and the relative humidity of the atmosphere in theindicated years. Bivariate analysis was carried out to estimate the association betweenthe incidence rate of dengue and the indicated climatological variables, with 0,1,2 and 3months of difference between the climatological data and the reports of dengue.Results: positive association statistically significant between the precipitation (rs=0,269,p<0,05), relative humidity of the atmosphere (rs=0,35, p<0,05) and the incidence rateof dengue, with difference of two previous months in the climatological variables wasobserved. In the epidemic years, the incidence of dengue increased progressively sinceJune to December. September was the month with maximum incidence of dengue. Negativeassociation statistically significant between the environmental temperature withoutdiscrepancy and the monthly incidence rate of dengue was found (rs= -0.225, p<0.05).Conclusions: significant association between the precipitation and the presence ofdengue, with two months of discrepancy, was observed. Equal it was estimated with therelative humidity of the atmosphere. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2014;5(1):41-47KEYWORDSDengue, Atmospheric precipitation, Rain, Climate effects

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