TY - JOUR KW - Biometry KW - Brazil KW - Cluster Analysis KW - Communicable Diseases, Emerging KW - Disease Outbreaks KW - Humans KW - leprosy AU - Penna M AU - Oliveira MLWD AU - Penna G AB -

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.

BT - Emerging infectious diseases C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331763?dopt=Abstract DA - 2009 Apr DO - 10.3201/eid1504.081378 IS - 4 J2 - Emerging Infect. Dis. LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 2009 SP - 650 EP - 2 T2 - Emerging infectious diseases TI - Spatial distribution of leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil. UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671445/pdf/08-1378_finalD.pdf VL - 15 SN - 1080-6059 ER -