[Evolution and spatial analysis of leishmaniasis cases in a rural area bordering a community outbreak in Madrid: 2001-2017].

Objective: Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease, widely spread all over the world, and an endemic disease in some Spanish regions. Within the Autonomous Region of Madrid, some south populations were affected by an outbreak from 2009. This outbreak had special features and implications related to epidemiology, reservoir and environment intervention.

[Health vulnerability mapping in the Community of Madrid (Spain)].

The Public Health General Directorate of Madrid has developed a health vulnerability mapping methodology to assist regional social health teams in health planning, prioritisation and intervention based on a model of social determinants of health and an equity approach. This process began with the selection of areas with the worst social indicators in health vulnerability. Then, key stakeholders of the region jointly identified priority areas of intervention and developed a consensual plan of action.

[Age-dependent seroprevalence of Toscana virus in the Community of Madrid: 1993-1994 and 1999-2000].

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of Toscana virus (TOSV) in the Community of Madrid.

Methods: Samples from two serosurveys obtained during 1993-1994 (2262 individuals) and 1999-2000 (1945 individuals) were studied. Samples were tested by ELISA for TOSV IgG detection.

The temporal pattern of mortality responses to air pollution: a multicity assessment of mortality displacement.

Although the association between particulate matter and mortality or morbidity is generally accepted, controversy remains about the importance of the association. If it is due solely to the deaths of frail individuals, which are brought forward by only a brief period of time, the public health implications of the association are fewer than if there is an increase in the number of deaths. Recently, other research has addressed the mortality displacement issue in single-city analysis.