Urban Leptospirosis and Rainfall in the City of Rio De Janeiro or RJ, Brazil, 2007 To 2017 - Abstract
The aim of this paper is investigate the effects of rainfall in urban leptospiroses cases in a one the most largest city in the world, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, in 2007 to 2017 period. Urban Leptospirosis study is relevant to public health because of its severity and mode of dissemination, being its occurrence greater in places with socio-environmental and climatic vulnerability, as Rio de Janeiro city. To evaluate the correlation between the time series of the human leptospirosis cases and rainfall, were used exploratory graphical analyzes and regression models. It was possible to observe that leptopirose cases are significantly associated with the monthly mean rainfall of the previous month (RR = 1.11 [95% CI: 1.08 - 1.15]), the increases of lepstopirosis cases in this urban setting happens according to rainfall. The monitoring not only of cases of leptospirosis, but also climatic variables, need to be taken into account in epidemiological surveillance. The implementation of public policies for basic sanitation, mainly in urban areas, are necessary for the maintenance and prevention of most neglectable infectious diseases.