High-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil between 2001-2015

• Main Authors: Rayssa Nogueira Rodrigues (Author), Heloisy Alves de Medeiros Leano (Author), Isabela de Caux Bueno (Author), Kleane Maria da Fonseca Azevedo Araújo (Author), Francisco Carlos Félix Lana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify high-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil from 2001 to 2015. Methods: this is an ecological study of spatial analysis based on Brazilian municipalities. Spatial scan statistics were used to identify spatial clustering and measure the relative risk from the annual detectio...