Epidemiological analysis and the spatial and temporal distributions of accidents caused by scorpion stings in the city of Americana, São Paulo, Brazil

Keywords

Epidemiology.
Scorpion.
Temperature
Rainfall
Hotspots

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Vieira de Araújo M, Brites-Neto J, Carvalho Navega-Gonçalves ME. Epidemiological analysis and the spatial and temporal distributions of accidents caused by scorpion stings in the city of Americana, São Paulo, Brazil. Bepa [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];13(156):1-18. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/BEPA182/article/view/37798

Abstract

The present study identified the areas of highest recurrence and with the
highest probability of accidents caused by scorpions stings, correlating
these occurrences with the temperature and rainfall variations in Americana
city - São Paulo state, being the Tityus serrulatus the main cause of
accidents. By referring to the data collected from the investigation files of
the Information System of Diseases Notification (SINAN), from January
2009 to December 2013, an analysis of the spatial distribution of accidents
caused by scorpions was performed, generating maps by using ArcGIS
software 10.2.2. Information on the average temperature and rainfall in the
respective period was collected, being correlated with the occurrence of
968 accidents presenting an increasing linear trend in the respective years.
The applied geo-referencing process indicated seven urban areas of risk
for accidents (hotspots), and it proved to be an important predictive tool
for detecting the areas with the highest probability to the accidents caused
by scorpion stings.

 

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