Asociación entre la variabilidad climática y los casos de malaria en la ciudad de Iquitos, periodo: 2000- 2011

• Autores: Torres del Castillo, Bray Patrick, Ruiz Alvarado, Eglinton
• Formato: tesis de maestría
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Nacional De La Amazonía Peruana
• Repositorio: UNAPIquitos-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unapiquitos.edu.pe:20.500.12737/11432
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12737/11432
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Variabilidad del clima; Incidencia; Malaria; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.07.01

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between climatic variables and malaria cases in the city of Iquitos in the years 2000 to 2011. To this end, historical data on malaria cases and climatic variables (mean temperature, precipitation were used and relative humidity), provided by the Regional Health address Loreto and the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (SENAMHI) respectively. The study was basic, descriptive - correlational; no experimental design - longitudinal. To determine the relationship between climatic variables and malaria cases, proof of Pearson linear correlation was used. It was observed that the relative humidity was positively correlated with malaria cases (r=0.508), with p= 0.000 significance: while the average temperature and precipitation showed no relationship with p = 0.0523 and 0.463 respectively. Therefore we conclude that cases of malaria in the city of Iquitos are determined by the variable relative humidity, because it is a factor decisive in altering longevity and the rate of oogénesis of the malaria mosquito, increasing transmission.