title: [Estimate of HIV prevalence in pregnant women by means of spatial analysis in Southern Brazil].
abstract: Spatial analysis techniques were used to estimate the interurban differential HIV prevalence among pregnant women in the city of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. The estimates were produced through the spatial smoothing of residence pinpoints with live newborns and HIV infected pregnant women for the year of 2003. The overlay of high prevalence areas in city slums was identified. This finding confirms the intensification of AIDS epidemic among poor urban populations, and indicates areas where basic care and educational strategies should be reinforced.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Informações em Saúde, Centro de Informação Científica e Tecnológica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. xris@fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Christovam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barcellos
authors.forename: Lisiane Morelia Weide
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Eugênio Pedroso
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Lisboa
authors.forename: Maria Regina Varnieri
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D019371:Topography, Medical / Q000379:methods; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data