title: [Spatial distribution of new tuberculosis cases in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, between 2000 and 2005].
abstract: We carried out an ecological study in which the spatial distribution of 979 new tuberculosis cases between 2000 and 2005 were analyzed. The risk was estimated using the local empirical Bayesian method. The local indicators of spatial association were calculated to evaluate autocorrelations of incidence between adjoining districts. We found that the tuberculosis cases were heterogeneously distributed between districts, and it was possible to identify regions in which there was a high risk of becoming ill.
authors: Laboratório de Epidemiologia, Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES. rcavieira@ndi.ufes.br
authors: Rafael da Cruz Araújo
authors: Rda C
authors: Vieira
authors: Thiago Nascimento do
authors: TN
authors: Prado
authors: Maria Guimarães
authors: MG
authors: Siqueira
authors: Reynaldo
authors: R
authors: Dietze
authors: Ethel Leonor Noia
authors: EL
authors: Maciel
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*