Vulnerability of Brazilian municipalities to hantavirus infections based on multi-criteria decision analysis

Oliveira, Stefan Vilges de; Fonseca, Lidsy Ximenes; Vilges, Keline Medeiros de Araújo; Maniglia, Fernanda Voietta Pinna; Pereira, Simone Valéria Costa; Caldas, Eduardo Pacheco de; Tauil, Pedro Luíz; Gurgel-Gonçalves, Rodrigo

doi:10.1186/s12982-015-0036-5

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“…The increase of hantavirus incidence rate observed during 2010 in Barbados could be due to enhanced surveillance due to an ongoing dengue epidemic and thus greater awareness among physicians for persons presenting with dengue-like symptoms. The mean annual incidence rate observed in this study 33.03 cases per 100,000 person-years is higher than that reported from other countries including Brazil (1.0 cases/100,000 population), USA (0.009 cases/100,000 population), Chile (0.29 cases/100,000 population) even China (1.5 cases/100,000 population) (13,15,16). This may be due to a difference in the level of clinical suspicion, testing available and offered or the type of hantavirus infection, mild HFRS compared to HPS.…”

Section: Seasonalitycontrasting

confidence: 62%

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Epidemiology of Clinical Hantavirus Infections in Barbados, 2008-2016

Douglas¹,

Samuels²,

Hilaire³

2019

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Analysis of the demographic, temporal and seasonal distribution of hantavirus infections in Barbados was conducted using national surveillance data for 861 laboratory confirmed cases during 2008-2016. The crude incidence rate of hantavirus infections varied from 5.05 to 100.16 per 100,000 persons per year. One major hantavirus epidemic occurred in Barbados during 2010. Hantavirus cases occurred throughout the year with low level transmission during the dry season (December to June) with increased transmission during rainy season (July to November) and a seasonal peak in August. Hantavirus incidence rates were significantly higher in females than males every year during the study period. More than 50% of hantavirus cases were 30 years of age or less. The highest incidence rate (63.36 cases per 100,000 population) was observed among patients 0–4 years of age. This represents the first epidemiological data for hantavirus disease among an entire population in the English-speaking Caribbean.

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“…9). (13,14). The increase of hantavirus incidence rate observed during 2010 in Barbados could be due to enhanced surveillance due to an ongoing dengue epidemic and thus greater awareness among physicians for persons presenting with dengue-like symptoms.…”

Section: Seasonalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of Clinical Hantavirus Infections in Barbados, 2008-2016

Douglas¹,

Samuels²,

Hilaire³

2019

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“…HPS studies elsewhere have found that most individuals affected by HPS participate in agricultural or forestry activities [30; 40; 41; 42; 72]. This connection exists because HPS transmission requires contact between humans and aerosolized excreta of infected rodents, which is most likely in this demographic group.…”

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“…The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development and socioeconomic status of the populations, and includes elements of life expectancy, income (GDP/capita), and education. HDI is thus a measure of human development and poverty, and can be used as a proxy of the socio-economic factors (education, poverty and health) that influence HPS risk [42]. HDI data at the municipality level were extracted from IBGE (www.ibge.gov.br) website, with data available for 1991, 2000, and 2010.…”

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Landscape, Environmental and Social Predictors of Hantavirus Risk in São Paulo, Brazil

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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a disease caused by Hantavirus, which are negative-sense RNA viruses in the family Bunyaviridae that are highly virulent to humans. Numerous factors modify risk of Hantavirus transmission and consequent HPS risk. Human-driven landscape change can foster transmission risk by increasing numbers of habitat generalist rodent species that serve as the principal reservoir host. Climate can also affect rodent population dynamics and Hantavirus survival, and a number of social factors can influence probability of HPS transmission to humans. Evaluating contributions of these factors to HPS risk may enable predictions of future outbreaks, and is critical to development of effective public health strategies. Here we rely on a Bayesian model to quantify associations between annual HPS incidence across the state of São Paulo, Brazil (1993–2012) and climate variables (annual precipitation, annual mean temperature), landscape structure metrics (proportion of native habitat cover, number of forest fragments, proportion of area planted with sugarcane), and social factors (number of men older than 14 years and Human Development Index). We built separate models for the main two biomes of the state (cerrado and Atlantic forest). In both biomes Hantavirus risk increased with proportion of land cultivated for sugarcane and HDI, but proportion of forest cover, annual mean temperature, and population at risk also showed positive relationships in the Atlantic forest. Our analysis provides the first evidence that social, landscape, and climate factors are associated with HPS incidence in the Neotropics. Our risk map can be used to support the adoption of preventive measures and optimize the allocation of resources to avoid disease propagation, especially in municipalities that show medium to high HPS risk (> 5% of risk), and aimed at sugarcane workers, minimizing the risk of future HPS outbreaks.

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“…Di Jepang, wabah penyakit Hanta terjadi tahun 1960an dan tahun 1985 tidak ada lagi laporan kasus Hanta pada manusia di Jepang, meskipun secara serologis, tikus R. norvegicus mengandung antibodi terhadap Hantavirus (Lokugamage et al 2004). Selain di Asia (Johansson et al 2010), virus ini juga ditemukan di beberapa negara di Eropa (Mailles et al 2005;Zeimes et al 2012), Rusia (Klempa et al 2008), Afrika (Klempa et al 2012;Sumibcay et al 2012) dan Amerika (Firth et al 2012;de Oliveira et al 2015).…”

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Hantavirus Infection: Anticipation of Zoonotic Disease in Indonesia

Sendow¹,

Dharmayanti²,

Saepullah³

et al. 2016

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Recently, the evidence of Hantavirus infection in human and animals is increasing, and new Hantavirus strain has been identified. The disease causes clinical renal and lung disorders and fatal to human. The presence of new Hantavirus strain, lack of available quick and accurate diagnostic tool, asymptomatic clinical signs and paucity of disease information, will inhibit disease control especially in the developing countries. The paper describes Hantavirus disease and its epidemiology in developed and developing countries, including Indonesia and its recommendation for disease prevention and control.

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Vulnerability of Brazilian municipalities to hantavirus infections based on multi-criteria decision analysis

Cited by 23 publications

References 28 publications

Epidemiology of Clinical Hantavirus Infections in Barbados, 2008-2016

Epidemiology of Clinical Hantavirus Infections in Barbados, 2008-2016

Landscape, Environmental and Social Predictors of Hantavirus Risk in São Paulo, Brazil

Hantavirus Infection: Anticipation of Zoonotic Disease in Indonesia

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