Temporal trends in areas at risk for concomitant tuberculosis in a hyperendemic municipality in the Amazon region of Brazil

• Main Authors: Alexandre Tadashi Inomata Bruce (Author), Thais Zamboni Berra (Author), Felipe Lima dos Santos (Author), Yan Mathias Alves (Author), Ludmilla Leidianne Limirio Souza (Author), Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos (Author), Luiz Henrique Arroyo (Author), Juliane de Almeida Crispim (Author), Ione Carvalho Pinto (Author), Pedro Fredemir Palha (Author), Aline Aparecida Monroe (Author), Mellina Yamamura (Author), Regina Célia Fiorati (Author), Ana Carolina Scarpel Moncaio (Author), Dulce Maria de Oliveira Gomes (Author), Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) still occurs in poor or developing countries, mainly in metropolitan regions of larger cities. The disease is a serious public health problem, and is directly linked to social issues. We analyzed temporal trend variations in are...