Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data.

Autor: Guimarães RJ; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica/Biomedicina, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil., Freitas CC, Dutra LV, Moura AC, Amaral RS, Drummond SC, Guerra M, Scholte RG, Freitas CR, Carvalho OS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz [Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz] 2006 Sep; Vol. 101 Suppl 1, pp. 91-6.
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000900014
Abstrakt: The aim of this work is to establish a relationship between schistosomiasis prevalence and social-environmental variables, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through multiple linear regression. The final regression model was established, after a variables selection phase, with a set of spatial variables which contains the summer minimum temperature, human development index, and vegetation type variables. Based on this model, a schistosomiasis risk map was built for Minas Gerais.
Databáze: MEDLINE