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ArticleRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical2021

Demographic and spatial study of visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, during 2007-2018.

Beatriz Maria de Almeida Braz, Raizza Barros Sousa Silva, Suzanna Cavalcante Lins, Diego Ricardo Xavier Silva, Walter Massa Ramalho, Marcia Almeida de Melo

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Article in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil in the Past 20 Years: An Epidemiologic Update.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2025
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  5. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia, 2007 to 2018.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Beatriz Maria de Almeida BrazUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular do Semiárido, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Saúde Animal (PPGCSA), Patos, PB, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-1496
Raizza Barros Sousa SilvaUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular do Semiárido, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Saúde Animal (PPGCSA), Patos, PB, Brasil.
Suzanna Cavalcante LinsUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular do Semiárido, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Saúde Animal (PPGCSA), Patos, PB, Brasil.
Diego Ricardo Xavier SilvaFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica Tecnológica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Walter Massa RamalhoUniversidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Marcia Almeida de MeloUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular do Semiárido, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Saúde Animal (PPGCSA), Patos, PB, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade de Brasília · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionVisceral leishmaniasis has a broad worldwide distribution and constitutes a public health problem in the Northeast of Brazil. Located in this region is the state of Alagoas, where the disease is endemic in humans and where there has been a significant increase in the number of positive dogs. The objective of this study was to describe the temporal and spatial distribution of the cases of human VL in the state of Alagoas with the aim of identifying transmission risk areas in the period from 2007 to 2018.

methodsThe data available in the National Disease Notification System (SINAN-NET) were used. The Bayesian incidence rate and the Moran's global index were calculated using the Terra View 4.2.2 program, and the maps were created using QGIS2.18.0.

resultsFrom the 102 municipalities, 68.6% (n= 70) had at least one notified case of VL in the years of study. A total of 489 cases were registered, with an average of 40.7 cases per year and an incidence rate of 1.25/100,000 inhabitants. The highest number of confirmed cases (105) occurred in 2018. Male individuals and children between 1-4 years old were the most affected, and 64% of the cases were in rural areas. Spatial dependence was detected in all the intervals except for the first triennium, and clusters were formed in the west of the state.

conclusionsAlagoas presented an accentuated geographical expansion of VL, and it is necessary to prioritize areas and increase surveillance actions and epidemiological control.

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Leishmaniasis, VisceralAnimalsBayes TheoremBrazilCitiesDogsIncidenceSpatial Analysis

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