Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2006 Sep:101 Suppl 1:91-6. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000900014.

Abstract

The aim of this work is to establish a relationship between schistosomiasis prevalence and social-environmental variables, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through multiple linear regression. The final regression model was established, after a variables selection phase, with a set of spatial variables which contains the summer minimum temperature, human development index, and vegetation type variables. Based on this model, a schistosomiasis risk map was built for Minas Gerais.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Humans
  • Prevalence
  • Regression Analysis
  • Schistosomiasis / epidemiology*
  • Seasons
  • Socioeconomic Factors