Estudio preliminar sobre la distribución espacial del riesgo epidemiológico de la fiebre amarilla selvática, municipio Jesús María Semprún, estado Zulia, Venezuela

the present work represents an exploratory study whose objective is to link the physicalenvironmental and socioeconomics conditions of the municipality jesus maria semprún with the identification of areas epidemiological risk for yellow fever virus. we selected environmental physical records (vegetation, precipitation, air temperature, geomorphology, fauna) and socioeconomic records (activities of the population, presence of basic services). we determined spatial units of diverse degrees of threat and vulnerability which allowed the later spatialization of risks within the semprún municipality. the results suggest three large spatial units, where water courses link forests in the center and the west of the study area representing the spaces of the highest epidemiological risk.