Spatiotemporal Analysis of Influenza Morbidity and Its Association with Climatic and Housing Conditions in Ecuador.
Journal
Journal of environmental and public health
ISSN: 1687-9813
Titre abrégé: J Environ Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101516361
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
02
04
2019
revised:
20
07
2019
accepted:
20
09
2019
entrez:
25
12
2019
pubmed:
25
12
2019
medline:
28
3
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The external environment directly influences human health. However, what happens inside? This work deals with the effect that the interior thermal variables have on the propagation of respiratory diseases and focused on the relation of the temperature and relative humidity inside social housing in the 1040 parishes of Ecuador and the transmission of influenza. On the one hand, historical weather-related variables were used to simulate and estimate the interior conditions, and thresholds on temperature and humidity were determined. On the other hand, the health-related variable was determined by analyzing the statistics corresponding to the influenza and viral pneumonia in 2009 since that year was critical for these diseases; the data were divided by month for each parish. Finally, the correlation of these variables determines the relative importance of the interior conditions on the respiratory health of its inhabitants. The preliminary results indicate that the places with the lowest temperatures and relative humidity could favor the virus transmission. Also, the analysis indicated that respiratory diseases increase in August and October. In this way, it is clear that social housing projects in Ecuador require a study which guarantees not only energy efficiency and sustainability related issues but also the well-being of their inhabitants.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31871470
doi: 10.1155/2019/6741202
pmc: PMC6906816
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
6741202Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Andrea Lobato-Cordero et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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