Penna Maria L F, Wand-Del-Rey-de-Oliveira Maria L, Penna Gerson
Federal Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):650-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1504.081378.
To detect areas with increased case-detection rates, we used spatial scan statistics to identify 5 of 10 clusters of leprosy in the Amazon region of Brazil. Despite increasing economic development, population growth, and road infrastructure, leprosy is endemic to this region, which is a source of case exportation to other parts of Brazil.
为了检测病例发现率增加的区域,我们使用空间扫描统计方法在巴西亚马逊地区的10个麻风病聚集区中识别出了5个。尽管经济不断发展、人口增长且道路基础设施不断完善,但麻风病在该地区仍呈地方性流行,该地区还是巴西其他地区病例的输出源。