Analysis and estimative of schistosomiasis prevalence for the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using multiple regression with social and environmental spatial data.
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.
Guimarães
Ricardo J P S
RJ
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica/Biomedicina, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Freitas
Corina C
CC
Dutra
Luciano V
LV
Moura
Ana C M
AC
Amaral
Ronaldo S
RS
Drummond
Sandra C
SC
Guerra
Márcio
M
Scholte
Ronaldo G C
RG
Freitas
Charles R
CR
Carvalho
Omar S
OS
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors