Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Graduação

Casos notificados de leptospirose relacionados à precipitação mensal na cidade de Belém - Pará

Belém is a city with high total annual rainfall, coupled with poor health administration, it becomes a city susceptible to outbreaks of waterborne diseases, especially leptospirosis, issue focus of this work. Using statistical methods applied to a date series of eleven years (1999-2009), we analy...

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Autor principal: ASSIS, Leandro Michell Moraes de
Grau: Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Graduação
Publicado em: 2019
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Acesso em linha: http://bdm.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/prefix/1862
Resumo:
Belém is a city with high total annual rainfall, coupled with poor health administration, it becomes a city susceptible to outbreaks of waterborne diseases, especially leptospirosis, issue focus of this work. Using statistical methods applied to a date series of eleven years (1999-2009), we analyzed the possible relationship between the reported cases of leptospirosis and the monthly distribution of rainfall. The results indicated a good relationship between the variables being studied, and precipitation for determining currencies of leptospirosis, which in the rainy season the highest values ware observed in this disease.