Spatiotemporal Patterns of Schistosomiasis-Related Deaths, Brazil, 2000–2011

Abstract

We analyzed spatiotemporal patterns of 8,756 schistosomiasis-related deaths in Brazil during 2000–2011 and identified high-risk clusters of deaths, mainly in highly schistosomiasis-endemic areas along the coast of Brazil’s Northeast Region. Schistosomiasis remains a neglected public health problem with a high number of deaths in disease-endemic and emerging focal areas.

Keywords

• Schistosomiasis
• spatial analysis
• ecological study
• epidemiology
• mortality
• vector-borne infections