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J Environ Public Health. 2019 Nov 23;2019:6741202. doi: 10.1155/2019/6741202. eCollection 2019. [h=1]Spatiotemporal Analysis of Influenza Morbidity and Its Association with Climatic and Housing Conditions in Ecuador.[/h]
Lobato-Cordero A[SUP]1[/SUP], Quentin E[SUP]2[/SUP], Lobato-Cordero G[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Instituto de Investigacion Geologico y Energetico (IIGE), Quito, Ecuador. 2 Instituto Nacional de Investigaci?n en Salud P?blica (INSPI), Centro de Investigaci?n EpiSIG, Quito, Ecuador. 3 Universidade Federal de Uberl?ndia (UFU), Uberl?ndia, Brazil.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] 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.
Copyright ? 2019 Andrea Lobato-Cordero et al.
PMID: 31871470 PMCID: PMC6906816 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6741202
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Lobato-Cordero A[SUP]1[/SUP], Quentin E[SUP]2[/SUP], Lobato-Cordero G[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Instituto de Investigacion Geologico y Energetico (IIGE), Quito, Ecuador. 2 Instituto Nacional de Investigaci?n en Salud P?blica (INSPI), Centro de Investigaci?n EpiSIG, Quito, Ecuador. 3 Universidade Federal de Uberl?ndia (UFU), Uberl?ndia, Brazil.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] 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.
Copyright ? 2019 Andrea Lobato-Cordero et al.
PMID: 31871470 PMCID: PMC6906816 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6741202
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