Spatial analysis and privation index to identify urban areas with a high risk of lymphatic filariasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 748-755

  Bonfim, Cristine ^a,b   Alves, Ayla ^c   Costa, Tadeu R ^d   Alencar, Fabio ^e   Pedroza, Dinilson ^f,g   Portugal, José L ^h   Medeiros, Zulma ^b,i  

^a História Moderna e Contemporânea   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Associacao Caruaruense de Ensino Superior   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e Secretaria de Saúde de Jaboatão dos Guararapes   (Brazil)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control programs; Lymphatic filariasis; Risk index; Socio economic factors; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; CENSUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILARIASIS; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; NEMATODE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KERNEL METHOD; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIVATION INDEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DEPRIVATION INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

BRAZIL; JABOATAO DOS GUARARAPES; PERNAMBUCO;

EID: 79955783124     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02758.x     Document Type: Article

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