The socio-demographic, environmental and reservoir factors associated with leptospirosis in an urban area of north-eastern Brazil
| Autor: | D. S. C. Oliveira, M. J. B. Guimarães, Zulma Medeiros, José Luiz Portugal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Inequality
media_common.quotation_subject Sewage Urban area Environmental protection Risk Factors Sewerage Humans Leptospirosis Socioeconomics media_common Disease Reservoirs geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Urban Health Ecological study Refuse Disposal Infectious Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Parasitology business Hydrography Brazil Waste disposal |
| Zdroj: | Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. 103(2) |
| ISSN: | 0003-4983 |
| Popis: | In an ecological study based on the 18 microregions that form the city of Recife, the capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, associations between socio–demographic, environmental and reservoir factors and the incidence of leptospirosis in the city were investigated. Incidence over a 5-year period (2001–2005) and 14 variables were analysed, using central trend and dispersion measurements, Pearson's correlation and multiple linear regression. Variables relating to education, income, housing type, sewage system, rubbish collection and hydrographic factors were found to be significantly correlated with leptospirosis incidence (P |
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