Author | Penna, Maria Lucia Fernandes | |
Author | Oliveira, Maria Leide Wand del Rey de | |
Author | Penna, Gerson Oliveira | |
Access date | 2020-06-01T14:29:50Z | |
Available date | 2020-06-01T14:29:50Z | |
Document date | 2009 | |
Citation | PENNA, Maria L. F.; OLIVEIRA, Maria L. Wand-del-Rey de; PENNA, Gerson Oliveira. Spatial distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases, [Atlanta], v. 15, n. 4, p. 650-652, Apr. 2009. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1080-6040 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/41466 | |
Description | Gerson Oliveira Penna - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil. Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta à informação no documento. | pt_BR |
Sponsorship | Ministério da Saúde | pt_BR |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
MeSH | Biometry | pt_BR |
MeSH | Cluster Analysis | pt_BR |
MeSH | Communicable Diseases, Emerging | pt_BR |
MeSH | Disease Outbreaks | pt_BR |
MeSH | Leprosy | pt_BR |
MeSH | Brazil | pt_BR |
Title | Spatial distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.3201/eid1504.081378 | |
Abstract | To detect areas with increased case-detection rates, we used spatial scan statistics to identify 5 of 10 clusters of leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil. Despite increasing economic development, population growth, and road infrastructure, leprosy is endemic to this region, which is a source of case exportation to other parts of Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Medicina. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade de Brasília. Faculdade de Medicina. Núcleo de Medicina Tropical. Brasília, DF, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Endemic diseases | pt_BR |
Subject | Communicable disease control | pt_BR |
Subject | Public health surveillance | pt_BR |
Subject | Leprosy | pt_BR |
Subject | Amazon, Brazil | pt_BR |
DeCS | Doenças Endêmicas | pt_BR |
DeCS | Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis | pt_BR |
DeCS | Vigilância em Saúde Pública | pt_BR |
DeCS | Hanseníase | pt_BR |