Visceral leishmaniasis lethality in Brazil: an exploratory analysis of associated demographic and socioeconomic factors.

Lucas Edel DonatoLúcia Rolim Santana de FreitasElisabeth Carmen DuarteGustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero

Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)

Linking the SINAN and SIM databases allowed the inclusion of 14% of otherwise underreported deaths from VL for the study period, showing that this method is useful for the surveillance of VL-related deaths. The size of the municipal population, proportion of the vulnerable population, incidence of disease, and the incidence of AIDS were associated with municipal lethality rates related to VL in Brazil.

Keyphrases

wastewater treatment
risk factors
sewage sludge
public health
heavy metals
risk assessment
drug induced