Epidemiological and geographical characterization of leprosy in a Brazilian hyperendemic municipality

Bibliographic Data

ID5166547
AuthorsLucia Helena Soares Camargo Marciano (0000-0003-3219-9088, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima), Andrea De Faria Fernandes Belone (0000-0001-5218-3863, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima), Patrícia Sammarco Rosa (0000-0002-1486-3099, Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima), Neusa Maria Broch Coelho (Centro de Referência de Hanseníase e Tuberculose, Brasil), Cássio César Ghidella (Centro de Referência de Hanseníase e Tuberculose, Brasil), Susilene Maria Tonelli Nardi (0000-0001-8793-8437, Instituto Adolfo Lutz), William Cabral Miranda (Universidade de São Paulo), William Cabral de Miranda (Universidade de São Paulo), Ligia Barrozo (0000-0001-7322-6789, Universidade de São Paulo), Ligia Vizeu Barrozo, Joel Carlos Lastória (0000-0001-5828-6601, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp))
Year2018
Volume34
Issue8
Pagese00197216-e00197216
Publication date2018-08-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00197216
PMID30133668
OpenAlexW2886328672
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2018000805004
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited17

This study aimed to identify the distribution pattern of leprosy in a hyperendemic municipality in Brazil and determine its relationship with the clinico-epidemiological situation over 11 years. The geographic information system, MapInfo, spatial scan statistics and the Moran I index were used to analyze new cases. The digital cartographic base was used to map clusters of new paucibacillary and multibacillary cases and cases in minors under 15 years old. Socioeconomic indicators are shown using the choropleth mapping technique. A reduction in the detection coefficient, increases in high-risk spatial clusters, marked changes in the distribution of high-risk and low-risk clusters, and high-risk clusters of minors under 15 years old were observed from 2006 to 2010, showing recent illness, the presence of active foci, and overlapping of high-risk clusters of multibacillary infection in minors under 15 years old. Leprosy remains a public health problem in Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso State; the high-risk areas require an intensification of control measures and active search strategies to detect new cases

Cartography · Distribution (mathematics) · Environmental health · Epidemiological surveillance · Geography · Leprosy · Pathology · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Demography · Epidemiology · Leprosy Research and Treatment · Medicine · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment

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