Spatial analysis of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Presidente Prudente: geographic approach environmental health

• Grant number: 13/04206-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: June 30, 2013
• End date: September 29, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography
• Principal Investigator: Raul Borges Guimarães
• Grantee: Patricia Sayuri Silvestre Matsumoto
• Supervisor: José Seguinot Barbosa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), Puerto Rico
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/03747-7 - Spatial Analysis of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Presidente Prudente - Geographic Approach to Environmental Health, BP.MS

Abstract

The intent of the internship in the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health is to analyze disease epidemic and its characterizations, through environmental and spatial analysis. The research will be carried out in a controlled manner, following a review of the procedures, techniques, approaches and activities that best fit the goals and contexts of regular research in Brazil. The knowledge gained from this stage may draw more possibilities of interpretation of the distribution and characteristics of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in the city of Presidente Prudente - SP, bringing a qualitative leap in the development of regular research and scientific production. (AU)