[Estimate of HIV prevalence in pregnant women by means of spatial analysis in Southern Brazil].
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.
Barcellos
Christovam
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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
Acosta
Lisiane Morelia Weide
LM
Lisboa
Eugênio Pedroso
EP
Brito
Maria Regina Varnieri
MR
Flores
Rui
R
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