Spatial patterns of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence and their relationship to socio-economic status in Vitoria, Brazil

• Published in: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease Vol. 14; no. 11; pp. 1395 - 1402
• Main Authors: MACIEL, E. L. N, PAN, W, DIETZE, R, PERES, R. L, VINHAS, S. A, RIBEIRO, F. K, PALACI, M, RODRIGUES, R. R, ZANDONADE, E, GOLUB, J. E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris, France IUATLD 01.11.2010; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
• Subjects: Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system; Bayes Theorem; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil - epidemiology; Cluster Analysis; Epidemiologic Surveillance; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Models, Statistical; Mycobacterium; Pneumology; Poisson Distribution; Prevention Control; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Retrospective Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology; South America; Brazil; America; Brazil, Espirito Santo; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Pulmonary tuberculosis; tuberculosis; Economic status; Mycobacterial infection; Epidemiology; Incidence; Infection; Prevention; prevention control; Control; Spatial distribution; Surveillance; Bacteriosis; epidemiologic surveillance; Pneumology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate spatial patterns of the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and its relationship with socio-economic status in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil.DESIGN: In a 4-year, retrospective, territory-based surveillance study of all new pulmonary TB cases conducted in Vitoria betw...