Objective: To analyze the spatial and temporal distribution of leprosy in a scenario of low endemicity in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Ecological study with leprosy casesin Ribeirão Preto, between 2006 to 2016. The temporal trend of leprosy detection was verified through the decomposition of time series and identified areas of high and low occurrence of the disease using the Getis-Ord Gi* technique....
Objetivo: evaluar el impacto de la prueba rápida molecular GeneXpert® MTB/RIF en la detección de tuberculosis, analizar la tendencia temporal del evento e identificar territorios vulnerables en un municipio brasileño. Método: estudio ecológico realizado en Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, municipio considerado prioritario en el control de la tuberculosis por el elevado número de casos. Se utilizó el méto...
The objective was to identify related factors, classify the time trend and identify areas with spatial association of abandonment of treatment for tuberculosis in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. Ecological study; population composed of the cases notified between 2006 and 2017. The chi-square test was performed to identify related factors. For the time trend, the Prais-Winsten method was used to classify the time tre...