Comparison of malaria incidence rates and socioeconomic-environmental factors between the states of Acre and Rondônia: a spatio-temporal modelling study.
Meyrecler Aglair de Oliveira PadilhaJanille de Oliveira MeloGuilherme RomanoMarcos Vinicius Malveira de LimaWladimir J AlonsoMaria Anice Mureb SallumGabriel Zorello LaportaPublished in: Malaria journal (2019)
Landscape modification caused by accumulated deforestation is an important driver of malaria incidence in the Brazilian Amazon. However, this relationship is not linearly correlated because it depends on the overall proportion of the land covered by forest. For regions that are partially degraded, forest cover becomes a less representative component in the landscape, causing the abovementioned non-linear relationship. In such a scenario, accumulated deforestation can lead to a decline in malaria incidence.