Internal migration and urban malaria - Bahia, Brazil

Authors

  • Sebastião Loureiro de Souza Universidade Federal da Bahia; Faculdade de Medicina; Departamento de Medicina Preventiva
  • Maria Inês Costa Dourado Universidade Federal da Bahia; Faculdade de Medicina; Departamento de Medicina Preventiva
  • Ceci Vilar Noronha Universidade Federal da Bahia; Faculdade de Medicina; Departamento de Medicina Preventiva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101986000500003

Keywords:

Malaria^i2^soccurre, Socioeconomic factors, Transients and migrants, Quality of life

Abstract

It is proposed to study the socio-economic characteristics of individuals who were infected with malaria in the urban area of Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil, in 1983. Special emphasis being given to the subgroups of migrants and nonmigrants. The precarious living conditions of both subgroups are identified as determinative of the malaria outbreak which occurred there.

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Published

1986-10-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 5 (1986)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Souza, S. L. de, Dourado, M. I. C., & Noronha, C. V. (1986). Internal migration and urban malaria - Bahia, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 20(5), 347-351. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101986000500003