title: Spatial distribution of dengue incidence and socio-environmental conditions in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, 2007.
abstract: This study aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of dengue risk and its association with socio-environmental conditions. This was an ecological study of the counts of autochthonous dengue cases in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, in the year 2007, aggregated according to 47 coverage areas of municipal health centers. Spatial models for mapping diseases were constructed with Bayesian hierarchical models, based on Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA). The analyses were stratified according to two age groups, 0 to 14 years and above 14 years. The results indicate that the spatial distribution of dengue risk is not associated with socio-environmental conditions in the 0 to 14 year age group. In the age group older than 14 years, the relative risk of dengue increases significantly as the level of socio-environmental deprivation increases. Mapping of socio-environmental deprivation and dengue cases proved to be a useful tool for data analysis in dengue surveillance systems.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil. josevilton@gmail.com
authors.forename: José Vilton
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Maria Rita
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Donalisio
authors.forename: Liciana Vaz de Arruda
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Silveira
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D062206:Spatial Analysis