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Environmental sympatry through time: spatio-temporal distribution and conservation status of two sympatric anuran species (Leptodactylidae) in South America

Rev. biol. trop; 72 (1), 2024
Abstract Introduction: Leptodactylus latinasus and Physalaemus cuqui are sympatric anuran species with similar environmental requirements and contrasting reproductive modes. Climatic configuration determines distribution patterns and promotes sympatry of environmental niches, but specificity/selectivity...

Socio-environmental factors contributing to the high incidence of COVID-19 in a border city in northern Uruguay

Background and Objectives: the present study was conducted in the city of Rivera, situated in northern Uruguay on the border with Brazil. The disease initially progressed slowly in 2020, with subsequent outbreaks followed by a rapid increase in incidence. The objective was to explore the relationship bet...

Spatio-temporal analysis of the visceral leishmaniasis in the state of Alagoas, Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 84 (), 2024
Visceral leishmaniosis is a neglected tropical disease. We evaluated the spatial distribution of cases of visceral leishmaniosis in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. All cases of VL, registered by the health department, were analyzed and georeferenced. Results: Between 2008 and 2017, 97.1% of the municipalit...

Análise espacial e espaço-temporal dos casos de sífilis em gestante e sífilis congênita no Brasil de 2007 a 2020 e as percepções e conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde

Introdução: A sífilis é uma infecção sexualmente transmissível causada pelo Treponema pallidum que quando não tratada evolui para estágios de gravidade variada. Apesar dos esforços empreendidos no controle das ISTs, em uma sociedade sexista e com políticas públicas insuficientes, as mulheres ...

Dinâmica espaço-temporal da febre amarela no Brasil

Introdução: No século XXI, o Brasil registrou os maiores surtos da história da febre amarela (FA) silvestre no país, colocando-o na primeira posição em produção de casos nas Américas e na segunda posição no mundo. As reemergências do vírus na região extra-amazônica (não endêmica) causar...

Temporal trend of early neonatal mortality among children of adolescent mothers in Brazil and regions between 2000 and 2020

Abstract Objectives: to analyze the temporal trend in early neonatal mortality among adolescent mothers in Brazil and macroregions between 2000 and 2020. Methods: a mixed ecological study, using secondary data publicly available from the Live Birth Information System and the Mortality Information Syste...

Maternal mortality in Brazil: spatio-temporal analysis between 2000 and 2019

Abstract Objectives: to analyze the spatio-temporal distribution of maternal mortality in Brazil from 2000 to 2019. Methods: an ecological, longitudinal study of space-time analysis of maternal deaths in Brazil from 2000 to 2019, using the 450 health regions as the spatial unit. Data available from Dat...

Relación entre indicadores de desarrollo social y mortalidad por Diabetes Mellitus en Brasil: análisis espacial y temporal

Objetivo: identificar el patrón espacial y temporal de la mortalidad por Diabetes Mellitus en Brasil y su relación con los indicadores de desarrollo social. Método: estudio ecológico y de series temporales, a nivel nacional, con base en datos secundarios del Departamento de Informática del Sistema ...

Distribution of cases of congenital heart disease in a hospital in Oeste Paulista

The aim of this research was to conduct a comprehensive spatial-temporal analysis of the population affected by congenital heart anomalies assisted at the Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Department at the distinguished Western Paulista reference hospital. We conducted a retrospective study involving the ...

Análisis espacio-temporal de la tuberculosis pulmonar para el periodo 2016-2020 en la Región Metropolitana, Chile

Rev. chil. infectol; 40 (5), 2023
INTRODUCCIÓN: El año 2020, la tuberculosis (TB) fue responsable por 9,9 millones de nuevos casos y 1,5 millones de muertes en el mundo. En Chile, se ha reportado aumento en las tasas de incidencia en los últimos años, con gran concentración de casos en la Región Metropolitana (RM). OBJETIVO: Evalua...