Objective: To identify clusters of high and low risk for the occurrence of leptospirosis in space and space-time in Acre, between 2001 and 2022, as well as to characterize temporal trends and epidemiological profiles of the disease in the state.
Methods: An ecological study of cases mandatorily reported by health services in Brazil. For the analysis of clusters in space and space-time, the SaTScan software was used, which calculated the relative risks (RR). Additionally, temporal trends were obtained using Prais-Winsten linear regression and epidemiological profiles estimated by incidences by sex and age group.
Results: A high-risk spatial cluster was identified in Rio Branco, Bujari, and Porto Acre (RR=2.94), occurring mainly between 2013 and 2015, according to the space-time cluster (RR=9.51). The municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul also showed a high-risk spatial cluster (RR=1.31). This municipality and contiguous municipalities showed an increasing temporal trend in cases, while the other municipalities in the state showed a stationary temporal trend. The disease mainly affected men between 20 and 59 years old, followed by young people aged 10 to 19 years. However, the RR of leptospirosis in older women was 2.1 times higher than in older men (95%CI 1.6-2.9).
Conclusion: The findings indicated that leptospirosis, although endemic in the state, had a more significant incidence in certain municipalities and years. Therefore, it is necessary to act with greater or lesser intensity in specific locations and periods, both for the prevention and control of the disease.
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