Acute Chagas disease in Brazil from 2001 to 2018: A nationwide spatiotemporal analysis.

• Main Authors: Emily F Santos (Author), Ângelo A O Silva (Author), Leonardo M Leony (Author), Natália E M Freitas (Author), Ramona T Daltro (Author), Carlos G Regis-Silva (Author), Rodrigo P Del-Rei (Author), Wayner V Souza (Author), Alejandro L Ostermayer (Author), Veruska M Costa (Author), Rafaella A Silva (Author), Alberto N Ramos (Author), Andrea S Sousa (Author), Yara M Gomes (Author), Fred L N Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>In Brazil, acute Chagas disease (ACD) surveillance involves mandatory notification, which allows for population-based epidemiological studies. We conducted a nationwide population-based ecological analysis of the spatiotemporal patterns of ACD notifications in Brazil u...