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Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola

(1) Background: Angola is among the high-burden countries with malaria cases globally. After 2013, we suspected an increase in the number of malaria cases in Cubal (Angola), previously in decline. Our objective was to evaluate the incidence rate in Cubal, overall and by neighborhood, for 2014, 2015,...

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Autores principales: Gil Olivas, Eva, Bruguera, Andreu, Eugenio, Arlete Nindia E., Nunda, João José, Tchiyanga, Armindo, Ekavo, Fernando Graça, Cambali, Adriano, Moreno, Milagros, Bocanegra García, Cristina, Aznar, Maria Luísa, Salvador, Fernando, Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián, Molina, Israel
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36828512
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8020096
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author Gil Olivas, Eva
Bruguera, Andreu
Eugenio, Arlete Nindia E.
Nunda, João José
Tchiyanga, Armindo
Ekavo, Fernando Graça
Cambali, Adriano
Moreno, Milagros
Bocanegra García, Cristina
Aznar, Maria Luísa
Salvador, Fernando
Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián
Molina, Israel
author_facet Gil Olivas, Eva
Bruguera, Andreu
Eugenio, Arlete Nindia E.
Nunda, João José
Tchiyanga, Armindo
Ekavo, Fernando Graça
Cambali, Adriano
Moreno, Milagros
Bocanegra García, Cristina
Aznar, Maria Luísa
Salvador, Fernando
Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián
Molina, Israel
author_sort Gil Olivas, Eva
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description (1) Background: Angola is among the high-burden countries with malaria cases globally. After 2013, we suspected an increase in the number of malaria cases in Cubal (Angola), previously in decline. Our objective was to evaluate the incidence rate in Cubal, overall and by neighborhood, for 2014, 2015, and 2016. (2) Methods: A retrospective, observational study was performed in Cubal (Angola) from January 2014 to December 2016, including all patients with a microbiologically confirmed diagnosis, treated at Cubal’s Hospitals for this period of time. The principal variables calculated were the incidence rates of 2014, 2015, and 2016 in Cubal (overall and by neighborhood). (3) Results: There were 3249 malaria cases. The incidence rates were 2.27, 10.73, and 12.40 cases per 1000 inhabitants in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. In the neighborhood, Hamavoko-Kasseke, there was a 10.73-fold increase in incidence during this period. Additionally, Hamavoko-Kasseke presents an anomalous distribution of malaria cases. (4) Conclusions: We observed an increase in the incidence of malaria in Cubal during the three-year study period. The case distribution was highly heterogeneous with hyperendemic areas, and we found a chronobiological association between the construction of a civil engineering project. This information could be useful for deciding which malaria control strategies must be implemented in this area.
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spelling pubmed-99610192023-02-26 Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola Gil Olivas, Eva Bruguera, Andreu Eugenio, Arlete Nindia E. Nunda, João José Tchiyanga, Armindo Ekavo, Fernando Graça Cambali, Adriano Moreno, Milagros Bocanegra García, Cristina Aznar, Maria Luísa Salvador, Fernando Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián Molina, Israel Trop Med Infect Dis Article (1) Background: Angola is among the high-burden countries with malaria cases globally. After 2013, we suspected an increase in the number of malaria cases in Cubal (Angola), previously in decline. Our objective was to evaluate the incidence rate in Cubal, overall and by neighborhood, for 2014, 2015, and 2016. (2) Methods: A retrospective, observational study was performed in Cubal (Angola) from January 2014 to December 2016, including all patients with a microbiologically confirmed diagnosis, treated at Cubal’s Hospitals for this period of time. The principal variables calculated were the incidence rates of 2014, 2015, and 2016 in Cubal (overall and by neighborhood). (3) Results: There were 3249 malaria cases. The incidence rates were 2.27, 10.73, and 12.40 cases per 1000 inhabitants in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. In the neighborhood, Hamavoko-Kasseke, there was a 10.73-fold increase in incidence during this period. Additionally, Hamavoko-Kasseke presents an anomalous distribution of malaria cases. (4) Conclusions: We observed an increase in the incidence of malaria in Cubal during the three-year study period. The case distribution was highly heterogeneous with hyperendemic areas, and we found a chronobiological association between the construction of a civil engineering project. This information could be useful for deciding which malaria control strategies must be implemented in this area. MDPI 2023-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9961019/ /pubmed/36828512 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8020096 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gil Olivas, Eva
Bruguera, Andreu
Eugenio, Arlete Nindia E.
Nunda, João José
Tchiyanga, Armindo
Ekavo, Fernando Graça
Cambali, Adriano
Moreno, Milagros
Bocanegra García, Cristina
Aznar, Maria Luísa
Salvador, Fernando
Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián
Molina, Israel
Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
title Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
title_full Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
title_fullStr Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
title_full_unstemmed Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
title_short Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk: A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
title_sort civil engineering and malaria risk: a descriptive study in a rural area of cubal, angola
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36828512
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8020096
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