scholarly journals Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Spatial distribution and environmental risk factors in the state of Pará, Brazilian Eastern Amazon

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 939-944
Author(s):  
Nelson Veiga Gonçalves ◽  
Claudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda ◽  
Rodrigo Junior Farias da Costa ◽  
Juan Andrade Guedes ◽  
Erica Silva de Souza Matsumura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
The State

Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infectious disease transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies and is considered a great environmental and public health problem. Thus, this work presents initial results of the analyses about the relationship between the spatial distribution of this disease and its environmental risk factors in three municipalities, in the state of Pará, Brazil, from 2012 to 2016. Methodology: It was used data from the Ministry of Health, the National Institute for Space Research and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The statistical and spacial analysis of the variables were done using G-test goodness-of-fit, kernel interpolation technique and the Bivariate Global Moran Index (I). Results: The analyses showed that the most affected individuals were males, adults, low schooling, residents in rural areas and small farmers. The disease spatial distribution was not homogeneous in the municipalities and it was associated to different relationships between the land use and occupation and the notificated cases density, with direct spatial autocorrelation. Conclusions: The deforestation was the most significant risk factor linked to the cases occurrence in all the studied area. We emphasize the need of intensification of epidemiological and environmental surveillance actions in the studied areas.

scholarly journals Cutaneous leishmaniasis spatial distribution and epidemiological and environmental risk factors in Cametá, state of Pará, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-336
Author(s):  
Alcinês da Silva Sousa Júnior ◽  
Nelson Veiga Gonçalves ◽  
Cláudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda ◽  
Bruno de Oliveira Santos ◽  
Rafael Aleixo Coelho de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors

scholarly journals American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: an epidemiological update and study of environmental risk factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 1323-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémi Loiseau ◽  
Cecile Nabet ◽  
Stephane Simon ◽  
Marine Ginouves ◽  
Paul Brousse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

scholarly journals Spatial analysis of eco-environmental risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southern Iran

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi ◽  
SeyedHamid Reza Tabatabaee ◽  
Gholamreza Hatam ◽  
Mohsen Ali-Akbarpour
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Southern Iran

scholarly journals Occupational and Environmental Risk Factors Influencing the Inducement of Erythema among Nigerian Laboratory University Workers with Multiple Chemical Exposures

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1334
Author(s):  
Reuben ◽  
Ismail ◽  
Ahmad ◽  
Maina ◽  
Daud
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Chemical Agent ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Laboratory Workers

: The chemicals from laboratories pose a significant risk forinducing erythema, an abnormal redness of the skin, as a result of poor occupational and environmental factors that promote hypersensitivity to a chemical agent. The aim of this present study was to determine the occupational and environmental risk factors influencing the inducement of erythema in laboratory workers due to exposure to chemicals. This was a cross-sectional study on a population-based sample of Nigerian university laboratory workers. Data were collected using the erythema index meter and an indoor air control meter. The study included 287 laboratory workers. The laboratory workers who properly used personal protective equipment (PPE) were 60% less likely to have induced erythema (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.40; 95% confidence interval CI: 0.22–0.77; probability value p = 0.011). The chemical mixture exceeding the permissible exposure limit (PEL) was found to have a small effect in inducing the erythema (AOR = 4.22; 95%CI: 2.88–12.11; p = 0.004). Most of the sampled laboratories where the respondents worked had unsuitable temperatures (AOR = 8.21; 95% CI: 4.03–15.01; p = 0.001). Erythema was more frequently found in the respondents who spent 4–5h in the laboratory (AOR = 3.11; 95%CI: 1.77–9.23; p = 0.001). However, high levels of ventilation reduce the likelihood of erythema in a laboratory by 82% (0.18). Multiple logistic regressions revealed that PPE, PEL, exposure time, temperature, and ventilation were the probable predictive factors associated with the inducement of erythema. Providing better educational knowledge and improving the attitude towards hazards and safety in a laboratory would lead to reduced rates of new cases.

scholarly journals Environmental Risk Factors and Their Different Effects in Depressive Symptoms of Left-Behind Children in Rural China Compared with Non-Left-Behind Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10873
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Zhang ◽  
Sharon A. Ray ◽  
Wei Hou ◽  
Xia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Left Behind

In China, 61 million children were left behind in rural areas as a result of massive urbanization and migration of parents from the countryside to the cities in search of economic opportunities. This study explores the effects of environmental risk factors (i.e., peer victimization, perceived discrimination, and stressful life events) on depressive symptoms of left-behind children (LBC) and examines whether these risk factors have a higher impact on LBC compared with that of non-left-behind children (NLBC). Data collected involve 1548 first and second-year middle school students. Logistic regressions were conducted to examine the associations between environmental risk factors and LBC’s depressive symptoms, the moderating effect of the parental separation duration on these associations, and to compare if the risk factors had a higher impact on LBC’s depressive symptoms than on those of NLBC. Peer victimization is associated with an increased likelihood of depressive symptoms for LBC who were left behind for more than five years. Finally, stressful life events have a higher impact on LBC’s depressive symptoms, while peer victimization has a higher impact on NLBC’s depressive symptoms. The results suggest that stressful life events are an important risk factor that puts LBC at a disadvantage in terms of their mental health.

scholarly journals Household and Environmental Risk Factors for Kala-azar: A Case-Control Study in Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
Afsar Ahammed ◽  
Md. Abdullah Yusuf ◽  
Salahuddin Feroz ◽  
Shahjada Selim ◽  
Biswajit Bhattacharyya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Sand Fly ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Kala Azar ◽  
Control Study

Background: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as Kala-azar is a chronic febrile disease occurs widely throughout the world. There are many risk factors which can influence the causation of kala azar in Bangladeshi people.Objective: The aim of the present study is to describe the Sociodemographic, household and environmental risk factors of kala-azar among a case series of Bangladeshi patients. Method: This case control study was carried out at inpatient department of Community Based Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh from July 2010 to June 2011, for a period of 1(one) year.  The study samples were clinically and parasitologically confirmed kala-azar cases. The controls were rK 39 strip test negative hospitalized cases admitted for other reason.Results: Univariate analysis showed that nature of wall in the main structure, floor of the house, presence of cracks and crevices in walls, presence of a granary inside houses and presence of bamboo trees near houses, were risk factors for kala-azar. Multivariate analysis showed that Presence of cracks and crevices in walls (OR=3.429, 95%CI=1.037-11.338, P =0.043) and presence of bamboo tree around houses (OR=5.652, 95%CI =1.368-23.347, P =0.017) in rural areas of study region, were significant risk factors for kala-azar.Conclusion: These findings have important practical implications because they suggest that on improving housing and environmental conditions  in rural areas, may be particularly effective in reducing the incidence of kala-azar and its transmission of infection by sand fly vectors.Journal of Science Foundation, 2016;14(2):56-61

Environmental risk factors for the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Iran: A GIS-based approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roghieh Ramezankhani ◽  
Arezoo Hosseini ◽  
Nooshin Sajjadi ◽  
Mostafa Khoshabi ◽  
Azra Ramezankhani
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors
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