Distribuição espaço-temporal do arbovírus Chikungunya e relação com o clima e variáveis socioespaciais em Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

Between the years 2015 and 2017, Brazil faced an epidemic case of arboviruses with diseases that were previously external to the national territory. Zika virus (ZIKV) and chikungunya fever (CHIKV) affect mainly the Northeastern region of Brazil, with most significant in the number of cases and hospitalizations. Fortaleza is in this scenario, has a period of high inci- dence of arbovirus. In this context, the present work aims to spatialize the chikungunya cases related to occurrences with climate and socio-spatial organization of the city without time frame from 2015 to 2019. For this study, were collected maps and graphs of confirmed cases of diseases, rainfall and social vulnerability. The results of the cartographic analysis pointed to 2017 as an epidemic year for this period. When cases are associated with rainfall data, they are closely related, especially in the first half of the year, when there is greater availability of water associated with rainfall in this period. A relationship with the vulnerability map shows which cases occur mainly in areas that affect the everyday life of low social vulnerability, signaling how the loss of public services significantly affects the availability of outbreaks.