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REVIEW article

Front. Trop. Dis
Sec. Tropical Disease Epidemiology and Ecology
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fitd.2024.1481991

Climatic variables and their relationship with vectorborne disease cases in Colombia, 2011-2021

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Bertha I. Gastelbondo Bertha I. Gastelbondo 1,2Daniel Daniel Echeverri-De la Hoz Daniel Daniel Echeverri-De la Hoz 2,3Liliana Sanchez Liliana Sanchez 4Yeiner Miguel M. Espitia Delgado Yeiner Miguel M. Espitia Delgado 3,5Yurianis A. Garcia-del Castillo Yurianis A. Garcia-del Castillo 3,5Yalile López Yalile López 1,6Maria Fernanda Yasnot Maria Fernanda Yasnot 1,5German Arrieta German Arrieta 1,2Salim Mattar Salim Mattar 1*
  • 1 University of Córdoba, Montería, Colombia
  • 2 Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas en el Trópico, Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Cordoba, Colombia
  • 3 Maestría en Microbiología Tropical, University of Córdoba, Montería, Colombia
  • 4 Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
  • 5 Universidad de Córdoba, GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIONES MICROBIOLÓGICAS Y BIOMÉDICAS DE CORDOBA, MONTERIA, Colombia
  • 6 Maestría en Microbiología Tropical, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas en el Trópico, Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Cordoba, Colombia

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    Vector-borne diseases are a public health problem in tropical countries, especially Malaria, Leishmaniasis, Chagas, and the arboviral diseases Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika. Tropical diseases represent a significant challenge to health systems in developing countries. This study aimed to explore the association between climatic variables and primary vector-borne diseases in Colombia between 2011-2021. A retrospective analysis of the epidemiological data of Malaria, Leishmania, Chagas, Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika and the climatic data recorded in 2011-2021 was carried out. The cases were obtained from SIVIGILA of the Colombian Ministry of Health. The climatic data were obtained from WorldClim. Leishmania, Malaria, and Chagas occur in the departments of Caquetá (located in the Amazon rainforest), Chocó (known for its high rainfall), and Casanare (a region with a high prevalence of Chagas disease). There was no statistical correlation between the number of cases and climatic variables, except for malaria cases in which precipitation had a Pearson correlation value of 0.415. The results predicted an increase of 1.469 malaria cases for every unit increase in precipitation. The cases of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya had similar behavior, with the majority occurring in the departments of Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Norte de Santander, and Bolívar. Except for Malaria, the distribution of cases did not directly correlate with temperature and precipitation. Temperature and precipitation did not explain the epidemiological profile of the studied diseases

    Keywords: Bertha Irina Gastelbondo: Writing -original draft, Writing -review & editing. Daniel Daniel Echeverri-De la Hoz: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, investigation, methodology, supervision, Writing -original draft

    Received: 17 Aug 2024; Accepted: 18 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Gastelbondo, Daniel Echeverri-De la Hoz, Sanchez, Espitia Delgado, Garcia-del Castillo, López, Yasnot, Arrieta and Mattar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Salim Mattar, University of Córdoba, Montería, Colombia

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