Análisis espacial de la Meningo encefalitis bacteriana en la Habana durante el año 2012

Authors

  • Humbero Mendoza Rodríguez
  • Jorge Alberto Martínez Isaac
  • María del Pilar Gilbert Lamadrid
  • Maribel Sánchez López

Keywords:

meningitis bacteriana, epidemiología, contaminación ambiental

Abstract

RESUMEN

Se analizó el comportamiento de la meningitis bacteriana con agente identificado correspondiente al año 2012 en la provincia La Habana. La aplicación del Sistema de Información Geográfica Mapinfo versión 4.1 permitió conocer la distribución espacial de los enfermos. Se obtuvo como resultado una zona de circulación de Neisseria meningitidis al centro nordeste, una franja al norte y noroeste de la ciudad como área de prevalencia de Streptococcus pneumoniae y zonas aisladas al centro, sur y este como áreas de prevalencia de Haemophilus influenzae, relacionadas con las principales fuentes de contaminación atmosférica en la provincia. Se evidenció la importancia del análisis espacial en la profundización del conocimiento para el estudio epidemiológico.

Palabras clave: meningitis bacteriana; epidemiología; contaminación ambiental; contaminación del aire; meningitis neumococica; meningitis por haemophilus; meningitis meningocóccica; Cuba.

ABSTRACT

The behaviour of bacterial meningitis with identified agent in the City of Havana in 1998. The implementation of Geographic Information System Mapinfo 4.1 made it possible to know the spatial distribution of the sick people. As a result, we found an area of circulation of Neisseria meningitidis located to the northeast center; an area of prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae to the north and northeast of the city and zones located to the center, east and south where Haemophilus influenzae prevailed. These areas were related to the main sources of environmental pollution in the province. The importance of the spatial analysis for expanding the knowledge for an epidemiological study was evidenced.

Words key. meningitis, bacterial; epidemiology; environmen-tal pollution; air pollution; meningitis, pneumococcal; meningitis, haemophilus; meningitis, meningococcal; Cuba.

 


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Published

2013-02-12

How to Cite

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Mendoza Rodríguez H, Martínez Isaac JA, Gilbert Lamadrid M del P, Sánchez López M. Análisis espacial de la Meningo encefalitis bacteriana en la Habana durante el año 2012. Rev. Cub. Tecnol. Salud. [Internet]. 2013 Feb. 12 [cited 2025 Apr. 17];3(3). Available from: https://revtecnologia.sld.cu/index.php/tec/article/view/66

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): julio - septiembre

Section

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