Bayesian geostatistical modeling of leishmaniasis incidence in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Dimitrios-Alexios Karag (Author), Ronaldo G C Scholte (Author), Luiz H Guimarães (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis is endemic in 98 countries with an estimated 350 million people at risk and approximately 2 million cases annually. Brazil is one of the most severely affected countries. METHODOLOGY: We applied Bayesian geostatistical negative binomial models to analyze reported incidence...