2017
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005950
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Spatial and temporal trends of visceral leishmaniasis by mesoregion in a southeastern state of Brazil, 2002-2013

Abstract: BackgroundVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is expanding in Brazil and in other South American countries, a process that has been associated with the urbanization of the disease. This study analyzes the spatial and temporal distribution of VL in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and identifies the areas with higher risks of transmission.MethodologyAn ecological study with spatial and time series analyzes of new confirmed cases of VL notified to the Brazilian Notifiable Disease Information System between 2002 and 2… Show more

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“…We observed that all metrics for VL increased over the years, with the incidence rate increasing by 52.9% from1990 to 2016. This may be explained by the geographic changes in the incidence of VL cases which have been occurring in the country since 1980, characterized by the expansion to large urban centers and areas previously free of the disease [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ].…”
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“…We observed that all metrics for VL increased over the years, with the incidence rate increasing by 52.9% from1990 to 2016. This may be explained by the geographic changes in the incidence of VL cases which have been occurring in the country since 1980, characterized by the expansion to large urban centers and areas previously free of the disease [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the 1950s, VL was endemic in rural areas in the Northeast region of the country [ 47 ]. Later it advanced to other states, reaching the periphery of large urban centers in the states of Pará, Tocantins (North region), Mato Grosso do Sul (Mid-West region), Minas Gerais, and São Paulo (Southeast region) [ 32 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 48 , 49 ]. Poverty, the presence of migrants in the urban peripheries, and the migratory flow due to drought in certain regions are pointed as some of the factors that explain the high values of VL burden indicators observed in the state of Maranhão in the years of the study [ 50 , 51 ].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Por representar um grande problema no âmbito da saúde pública brasileira, a condução de investigações que avaliem o processo expansivo da LV, bem como variações espaciais da sua incidência representa uma necessidade corrente (SILVA et al, 2017) Paulo (REIS et al, 2017). Dado que o estado de Mato Grosso é um foco de transmissão urbana recente, tal aumento provavelmente esteve ligado à expansão geográfica da LV para novas áreas, o que pode ter sido consequência da baixa efetividade das ações de controle adotadas, fluxos populacionais e melhoria dos sistemas de diagnóstico e vigilância (FURTADO et al, 2015).…”
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“…Os sistemas de informação geográfica têm sido amplamente empregados na avaliação da dispersão espacial e temporal da LV em vários estados brasileiros (ANTONIALLI et al, 2007;FURTADO et al, 2015;SILVA et al, 2017) e no exterior (ZHENG et al, 2018). Por meio deles, é possível identificar espacialmente padrões de distribuição, áreas de risco e prioritárias para que autoridades de saúde pública implementem e/ou otimizem as ações de controle e vigilância (CARDIM et al, 2016;KIRBY;DELMELLE;EBERTH, 2017).…”
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