MICROCEPHALY ASSOCIATED WITH ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION: SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION WITH SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN THE STATE OF SERGIPE

• Autor(a) principal: Peixoto, Marcus Valerius da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Duque, Andrezza Marques, Gomes, Natan Tainá Pereira, Santos, Allan Dantas dos, Menezes, Pedro de Lemos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hygeia (Uberlândia)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/68192
• topic: Microcefalia; Desenvolvimento Infantil; Vulnerabilidade Social; Zika Vírus; Epidemiologia; Microcephaly; Child Development; Social Vulnerability; Zika Virus; Epidemiology

Objective: To analyze the spatial distribution of microcephaly associated with Zika virus infection and the correlation with social vulnerability and building infestation. Method: Ecological study, with secondary data from reported and confirmed cases with microcephaly and born in 2015 and 2016, in Sergipe, Brazil. The technique of Exploratory Analysis of Spatial Data was used, through the software QGIS 2.18.3 and GEODA 1.12, and the Bivariate Local Moran Indexes were calculated to identify the spatial correlation between the spatial distribution of microcephaly and the investigated indicators. Results: The spatial distribution showed higher rates in the Agreste, Sertão and East Sergipe regions. Municipalities located in the southern region and in the hinterland of the state showed greater social vulnerability, with low human development, low coverage of basic sanitation and garbage collection, and also vulnerability in infrastructure and human capital and greater infestation by Aedes Aegypti. Conclusion: It was observed that the incidence rate of microcephaly was high, with the year 2015 having more cases and greater spatial distribution. There is a positive spatial correlation, especially in the south, central-south and high hinterland regions of the state, between the incidence rate of microcephaly in the period 2015/2016 and social indicators.