Detection of risk clusters for deaths due to tuberculosis specifically in areas of southern Brazil where the disease was supposedly a non-problem

Detection of risk clusters for deaths due to tuberculosis specifically in areas of southern Brazil where the disease was supposedly a non-problem

Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the infectious disease that kills the most people worldwide. The use of geoepidemiological techniques to demonstrate the dynamics of the disease in vulnerable communities is essential for its control. Thus, this study aimed to identify risk clusters for TB de...

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Main Authors: Luana Seles Alves, Danielle Talita dos Santos, Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Thais Zamboni Berra, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Ivaneliza Simionato de Assis, Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz, Jonas Boldini Alonso, Josilene Dália Alves, Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Mellina Yamamura, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Elma Mathias Dessunti, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Francisco Chiaraval-Neto, Carla Nunes, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Death
Spatial analysis
Isotonic regression
Scan statistics
Cluster detection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4263-1

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