Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil, between 2008 and 2012

Autor:	Aimara da Costa Pinheiro, Alexandre Sylvio Vieira da Costa, Rodrigo Santos de Oliveira, Maria Letícia Costa Reis
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Visceral leishmaniasis Spatial Analysis Epidemiology Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962
Zdroj:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 53 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-9849 0037-8682
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0216-2019
Popis:	Abstract INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important parasitic disease. We evaluated the epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Governador Valadares, Brazil. METHODS: All cases of VL, registered by the municipal health department, were analyzed and georeferenced. RESULTS: The human mortality rate was 15% and canine seroprevalence rate was 29.0%. Higher numbers of canine VL cases correlated with higher incidence of human cases. CONCLUSIONS: The high rate of canine seroprevalence, resurgence of the human disease, and correlation between canine and human VL reinforces the role of the dog in disease transmission within the municipality.
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