@article{186,
  keywords = {Biometry, Brazil, Cluster Analysis, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Disease Outbreaks, Humans, leprosy},
  author = {Penna M and Oliveira MLWD and Penna G},
  title = {Spatial distribution of leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil.},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {Emerging infectious diseases},
  volume = {15},
  pages = {650-2},
  month = {2009 Apr},
  issn = {1080-6059},
  url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671445/pdf/08-1378_finalD.pdf},
  doi = {10.3201/eid1504.081378},
  language = {eng},
}