Intra-urban differences underlying leprosy spatial distribution in central Brazil: geospatial techniques as potential tools for surveillance

Intra-urban differences underlying leprosy spatial distribution in central Brazil: geospatial techniques as potential tools for surveillance

This ecological study identified an aggregation of urban neighbourhoods spatial patterns in the cumulative new case detection rate (NCDR) of leprosy in the municipality of Rondonópolis, central Brazil, as well as intra-urban socioeconomic differences underlying this distribution. Scan statistics of...

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Main Authors:	Amanda G. Carvalho, Carolina Lorraine H. Dias, David J. Blok, Eliane Ignotti, João Gabriel G. Luz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2023-10-01
Series:	Geospatial Health
Subjects:	Epidemiology geographical information systems leprosy Brazil
Online Access:	https://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/1227

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