01428nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653002800070653001100098653001100109653001200120653000900132653001500141100001200156700001100168700001400179245007600193856005300269300001000322490000700332050001400339520079500353022001401148       2007                            d  c2007 May-Jun10aBrazil10aCross-Sectional Studies10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPrevalence1 aGauy JS1 aHino P1 aSantos CB00aSpatial distribution of leprosy cases in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2004.  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/rlae/v15n3/v15n3a15.pdf  a460-50 v15  aGAUY 20073 a<p>This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the spatial distribution of leprosy cases in Ribeirão Preto in 2004. The data collection was performed through compulsory notification records in the Epidemiological Surveillance Service of the Municipal Secretary of Health of Ribeirão Preto. The data were geo-coded through the MapInfo program version 7.8 in order to obtain the thematic map. From the 37 cases found, 62% were automatically coded, which revealed good compatibility between the database and the information in the cartographic base. The remaining 38% of the cases were geo-coded interactively. The thematic map analysis and the geo-referenced cases revealed a concentration of cases in the Northern region of the city, traditionally characterized by poor neighborhoods.</p>  a0104-1169