Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil

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 ca...

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Autores principales: Penna, Maria L.F., Wand-del-Rey de Oliveira, Maria L., Penna, Gerson
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331763
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081378
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author Penna, Maria L.F.
Wand-del-Rey de Oliveira, Maria L.
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-26714452009-05-21 Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil Penna, Maria L.F. Wand-del-Rey de Oliveira, Maria L. Penna, Gerson Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2671445/ /pubmed/19331763 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081378 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Penna, Maria L.F.
Wand-del-Rey de Oliveira, Maria L.
Penna, Gerson
Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil
title Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil
title_full Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil
title_fullStr Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil
title_short Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil
title_sort spatial distribution of leprosy in the amazon region of brazil
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331763
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081378
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