Seroprevalence for dengue virus in a hyperendemic area and associated socioeconomic and demographic factors using a cross-sectional design and a geostatistical approach, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Francisco Chiaravalotti NetoRafael Alves da SilvaNathalia ZiniGislaine Celestino Dutra da SilvaNatal Santos da SilvaMaisa Carla Pereira ParraMargareth Regina DiboCassia Fernanda EstofoleteEliane Aparecida FávaroKarina Rocha DutraManlio Tasso Oliveira MotaGeorgia Freitas GuimarãesAna Carolina Bernardes TerzianMarta BlangiardoMauricio Lacerda NogueiraPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
Only one in four people aged 10 years or older did not have contact with any of the serotypes of dengue virus in Vila Toninho neighbourhood in São José do Rio Preto. Age, race and type of house were associated with the occurrence of the disease. The use of INLA in a geostatistical approach in a Bayesian context allowed us to take into account the spatial dependence between the observations and identify the associated covariates to dengue seroprevalence.