Geosocial Features and Loss of Biodiversity Underlie Variable Rates of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Large Developing Country: A Population-Based Study.
Andre da Luz MoreiraLuiz Felipe de Campos LobatoJessica Pronestino de Lima MoreiraRonir Raggio LuizCeleste EliaClaudio FiocchiHeitor Siffert Pereira de SouzaPublished in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2022)
When distribution is considered in the context of IBD prevalence, marked regional differences become evident. Despite a background of Westernization, hotspots of IBD are recognized that are not explained by population density, urbanicity, sanitation, or other indices but apparently are explained by biodiversity loss. Thus, the rise of IBD in developing countries is not uniform, but rather is one that varies depending on yet unexplored factors like geoecological conditions.