This work was supported by Decit, SCTIE, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico - CNPq (440685/ 2016-8, 440856/2016-7 and 421598/2018-2), Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES - (88887.130716/2016-00), European Union?s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under ZIKAlliance Grant Agreement (734548), STARBIOS (709517), Funda??o de Ampa...
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to analyze social factors involved in the spatial distribution and under-reporting of tuberculosis (TB) in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. METHODS: This was an ecological study of the reported cases of TB between 2009 and 2011, according to census tracts. The outcome was TB incidence for the study period and the variables of exposure were proportions of literacy...