title: Distribution of equine infectious anemia in horses in the north of Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
abstract: The paper examines the prevalence of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in horse populations in the northern part (comprising 89 cities) of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from January 2002 to December 2004. Data on 8,981 agar gel immunodiffusion test results from the region were used as input for a statistical and autoregressive analysis model to construct a city-level map of the distribution of EIA prevalence. The following EIA prevalence (P) levels were found: 49 cities with 0 < P < or = 0.5%, 26 with 0.5% < P < or = 1.5%, 10 with 1.5% < P < or = 5%, and 4 with 5% < P < or = 25%.
authors.affiliation: Biomathematics and Epidemiology Unit - TIMC, National Veterinary School of Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, B.P. 83, 69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France. bicout@ill.fr
authors.forename: Dominique J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bicout
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chalvet-Monfray
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sabatier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004859:Equine Infectious Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D005779:Immunodiffusion / Q000662:veterinary; D004860:Infectious Anemia Virus, Equine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016014:Linear Models; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral