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High-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil between 2001-2015
Rodrigues,Rayssa Nogueira; Leano,Heloisy Alves de Medeiros; Bueno,Isabela de Caux; Araújo,Kleane Maria da Fonseca Azevedo; Lana,Francisco Carlos FélixABSTRACT Objectives: to identify high-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil from 2001 to 2015. Methods: this is an ecological study of spatial analysis based on Brazilian municipalities. Spatial scan statistics were used to identify spatial clustering and measure the relative risk from the annual detection rate of new cases of leprosy. By criterion based on the Gini index, only secondary clusters were considered. Res...
Socioeconomic factors related to leprosy: an integrative literature review
Leano,Heloisy Alves de Medeiros; Araújo,Kleane Maria da Fonseca Azevedo; Bueno,Isabela de Caux; Niitsuma,Eyleen Nabyla AlvarengaABSTRACT Objective: To investigate in the literature the relation of socioeconomic factors in the incidence of the disease and other outcomes related to leprosy. Method: Integrative review conducted in Lilacs, Medline, Scopus databases and SciELO online library with studies from 2000 to 2016. Results: 32 studies were included. Only studies that analyzed statistical associations of socioeconomic factors and outc...