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Temporal evolution and spatial distribution of leprosy in a low endemic city in...
Ramos, Antônio Carlos Vieira; Martoreli Júnior, José Francisco; Berra, Thaís Zamboni; Alves, Yan Mathias; Barbosa, Tatiana PestanaObjective: 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....
Leprosy and Social Determinants of Health in South Brazil: Geographically evalu...
Ferreira, Natalia Marciano de Araujo; Arroyo, Luiz Henrique; Gioia, Thamy Barbara; Arcoverde, Marcos Augusto Moraes; Assis, Ivaneliza Simionato deObjective: to verify the relationship between leprosy and geographic space, taking into account social determinants of health and using a tool that allows the analysis of these relationships locally. Methodology: Ecological study, carried out in an endemic city in southern Brazil. The geocoding of the cases was conducted and socioeconomic variables of interest were selected. After descriptive analysis, we follo...