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Abundance of impacted forest patches less than 5 km(2) is a key driver of the incidence of malaria in Amazonian Brazil

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Author(s):
Moreira Chaves, Leonardo Suveges [1] ; Conn, Jan E. [2, 3] ; Mendoza Lopez, Rossana Veronica [4] ; Mureb Sallum, Maria Anice [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Saude Publ, Dept Epidemiol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] New York State Dept Hlth, Wadsworth Ctr, Albany, NY - USA
[3] SUNY Albany, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biomed Sci, Albany, NY - USA
[4] Canc Inst State Sao Paulo, Ctr Translat Invest Oncol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 8, MAY 4 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 15
Abstract

The precise role that deforestation for agricultural settlements and commercial forest products plays in promoting or inhibiting malaria incidence in Amazonian Brazil is controversial. Using publically available databases, we analyzed temporal malaria incidence (2009-2015) in municipalities of nine Amazonian states in relation to ecologically defined variables: (i) deforestation (rate of forest clearing over time); (ii) degraded forest (degree of human disturbance and openness of forest canopy for logging) and (iii) impacted forest (sum of deforested and degraded forest patches). We found that areas affected by one kilometer square of deforestation produced 27 new malaria cases (r(2) = 0.78; F1,10 = 35.81; P < 0.001). Unexpectedly, we found both a highly significant positive correlation between number of impacted forest patches less than 5 km(2) and malaria cases, and that these patch sizes accounted for greater than similar to 95% of all patches in the study area. There was a significantly negative correlation between extraction forestry economic indices and malaria cases. Our results emphasize not only that deforestation promotes malaria incidence, but also that it directly or indirectly results in a low Human Development Index, and favors environmental conditions that promote malaria vector proliferation. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/26229-7 - Latitudinal landscape genomics and ecology of Anopheles darlingi
Grantee:Maria Anice Mureb Sallum
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 14/26855-5 - Landscape as regulator of Culicidae diversity and dynamics of Anopheles vectors in rural settlements with malaria cases in the Brazilian Amazon
Grantee:Leonardo Suveges Moreira Chaves
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate