Spatial analysis and modeling of Visceral Leishmaniasis in cities of São Paulo, Brazil

• Grant number: 18/08964-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: August 11, 2018
• End date: February 10, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography
• Principal Investigator: Raul Borges Guimarães
• Grantee: Patricia Sayuri Silvestre Matsumoto
• Supervisor: Archie Campbell Adair Clements
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Curtin University, Australia
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/27070-1 - Spatial and epidemiological patterns about visceral leishmaniasis in Presidente Prudente, Araçatuba and Votuporanga - SP: a geographical integrated vision, BP.DR

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe disease that affects thousands of people around the world yearly (WHO, 2016). In Brazil, VL is a zoonosis and represents a huge public health problem with high incidence rates and is spreading to new geographical areas. In São Paulo state, the first cases of the disease occurred in 1999. As of this year, cities in São Paulo have registered human and canine cases, especially the latter. Therefore, the aim of this project is to study different kinds of models, utilized for infectious-parasitic diseases research. It will help to deeper understand the spatial distribution of VL, and predict critical areas of the disease. This will be achieved via spatial analysis dependence based on an application of mathematic-statistical and computational techniques in Geographical Information System (GIS). We intend to study predictive models and spatial patterns. (AU)