Influence of urban climate in the city of Campo Grande, MS, on the number of registered cases of dengue: a case study via a Poisson regression model

In the 1980s, the first dengue fever cases were recorded in Brazil. Since then, the cases have been occurring continuously, and currently, dengue fever is one of the country's main health problems. Since the proliferation of the mosquito that transmits the disease depends on environmental varia...

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Autores: Saraiva, Erlandson Ferreira, Sauer, Leandro, Flesh, Mariana Villela
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB)
Repositório:Interações (Campo Grande. Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.multitemasucdb.emnuvens.com.br:article/3653
Acesso em linha:https://interacoes.ucdb.br/interacoes/article/view/3653
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:dengue
distribuição de Poisson
modelo de regressão de Poisson
predição
dengue fever
prediction
Poisson distribution
Poisson regression model
predicción
modelo de regresión de Poisson
distribución de Poisson
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Resumo:In the 1980s, the first dengue fever cases were recorded in Brazil. Since then, the cases have been occurring continuously, and currently, dengue fever is one of the country's main health problems. Since the proliferation of the mosquito that transmits the disease depends on environmental variables, such as temperature and rainfall, to complete its life cycle, it is of interest to understand the relationships between climate and dengue cases. In order to contribute to the dengue surveillance system in the city of Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, this article proposes a statistical model to identify the climate variables that may be related to the number of dengue fever cases. Once the variables have been identified, the fitted model allows us to make projections and develop simulations of different sceneries. In this way, it can assist in decision-making regarding the implementation of measures to combat and/or control the transmitting mosquito. In addition, we developed a study to verify the existence of lag periods, i.e., if the number of dengue cases recorded in a month depends on the values recorded for the environmental variables in the previous month or of the current month.