Socio‐economic and environmental effects influencing the development of leprosy in Bahia, north‐eastern Brazil

Objectives To investigate spatial clusters and possible associations between relative risks of leprosy with socio‐economic and environmental factors, taking into account diagnosed cases in children under 15 years old. Methods An ecological study was conceived using data aggregated by municipality to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tropical medicine & international health Jg. 19; H. 12; S. 1504 - 1514
Hauptverfasser:	Cabral‐Miranda, William, Chiaravalloti Neto, Francisco, Barrozo, Ligia V.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Blackwell 01.12.2014 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Schlagworte:	Adolescent análisis espacial Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Brasil Brazil Brazil - epidemiology Brésil Child Child, Preschool Children & youth Cities Climate Ecological studies Economic conditions Economics Environment Environmental effects Environmental factors facteurs environnementaux facteurs socioéconomiques factores ambientales factores socioeconómicos Female General aspects Human bacterial diseases Humans Humidity Incidence Income Infant Infectious diseases lepra Leprosy Leprosy - epidemiology Leprosy - etiology Leprosy - microbiology Living conditions lèpre Male Medical sciences Mycobacterium leprae regresión espacial Regression analysis Residence Characteristics Risk Factors régression spatiale Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics socio‐economic factors spatial regression spatial scan statistic statistique d'analyse spatiale Tropical bacterial diseases Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Urban Population Urban populations Urbanization Water South America Brazil America Bahia Brazil Skin disease environmental factors Socioeconomic study Leprosy Environmental factor Mycobacterial infection Infection Socioeconomic factor Bacteriosis Brazil Tropical medicine spatial scan statistic spatial regression socio-economic factors leprosy factores socioeconómicos régression spatiale factores ambientales lepra facteurs environnementaux regresión espacial Brésil Brasil facteurs socioéconomiques statistique d'analyse spatiale lèpre análisis espacial
ISSN:	1360-2276, 1365-3156, 1365-3156
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