Spatial dependence of malaria epidemics in municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon

• Main Authors: Rui Moreira Braz (Author), Renato Fontes Guimarães (Author), Osmar Abílio de Carvalho Júnior (Author), Pedro Luiz Tauil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: In 2010, there were 305 (37.8%) municipalities with malaria epidemics in the Brazilian Amazon. The epidemics spread can be explained by the spatial distribution pattern. Objective: To analyze the spatial dependence, autocorrelation, of the malaria epidemics in the municipalities of thi...