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Correlation Between Transport and Occurrence of Dengue Cases in Bahia

Authors:
Hugo Saba
José Miranda
Eduardo Jorge
Marcelo Moret

Keywords: correlation; transport; self-organized criticality; SOC; randomization; Bahia

Abstract:
Dengue is a public health problem that presents complexity in its dissemination. The physical means of spreading and the dynamics of the spread between the municipalities need to be analyzed to guide effective public policies to combat this problem. This study shows a correlation between the exponent of Criticality present in Self-Organized Criticality (SOC) and the number of buses per week, identifying municipalities that exert important roles in the spread of dengue in Bahia, confirming transport as a physical means for the diffusion of dengue.

Pages: 51 to 54

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: November 17, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9294

ISBN: 978-1-61208-312-4

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 17, 2013 to November 21, 2013