PMID- 15682640
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050711
LR  - 20190513
IS  - 1369-3786 (Print)
IS  - 1369-3786 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 6
DP  - 2004 Dec
TI  - Distribution of paracoccidioidomycosis: determination of ecologic correlates 
      through spatial analyses.
PG  - 517-23
AB  - Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is endemic in Latin America and in countries like 
      Brazil it carries a high mortality rate. The fungus' habitat has not been 
      precisely determined. The present study aims to identify ecologic correlates 
      based on PCM distribution in a hyper-endemic area in southeastern Brazil. The 
      Geographic Information System (GIS) and spatial statistics were used to associate 
      environmental attributes, human population density and, PCM distribution. By 
      means of the Pearson r correlation coefficient, the highest statistically 
      significant associations with prevalence density were the percent area (by 
      county) of: basaltic rocks (r=0.63; P <0.0001), Podzolic soils (r= -0.48; P 
      <0.001), Latosol soils (r=0.40; P <0.01), mean annual precipitation between 1500 
      and 1600 mm (r = 0.46; P < 0.001) and, mean precipitation during the wet season 
      between 940 and 1040 mm (r= -0.44; P <0.01). Soil texture and precipitation 
      analyzed together reached r=0.61 (P <0.000002) for fine-textured soils with 
      annual precipitation above 1400 mm. Environmental correlates indicate that 
      moisture availability plays an important role in PCM distribution.
FAU - Simoes, Ligia Barrozo
AU  - Simoes LB
AD  - Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biociencias, 
      Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
FAU - Marques, Silvio Alencar
AU  - Marques SA
FAU - Bagagli, Eduardo
AU  - Bagagli E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Med Mycol
JT  - Medical mycology
JID - 9815835
RN  - 0 (Soil)
SB  - IM
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Ecology
MH  - Endemic Diseases
MH  - Geographic Information Systems
MH  - Humans
MH  - Paracoccidioidomycosis/*epidemiology/transmission
MH  - Population Density
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rain
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Seasons
MH  - Soil
EDAT- 2005/02/03 09:00
MHDA- 2005/07/12 09:00
CRDT- 2005/02/03 09:00
PHST- 2005/02/03 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/07/12 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/02/03 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/13693780310001656795 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Mycol. 2004 Dec;42(6):517-23. doi: 10.1080/13693780310001656795.