Epidemiological characteristics and spatial analysis of leprosy cases in an endemic municipality

• Main Authors: Mateus Santos de Jesus (Author), Teovan Andrade Sandes (Author), Ana Caroline Rodrigues Lima (Author), Katyucia Oliveira Crispim de Souza (Author), José Augusto Passos Góes (Author), Allan Dantas dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to analyze the epidemiological characteristics and spatial distribution of leprosy cases in an endemic municipality. Methods: epidemiological, retrospective study with spatial analysis techniques developed with data from the National System of Compulsory Notification. Leprosy cases were g...