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From: Spatial epidemiology and serologic cohorts increase the early detection of leprosy

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Spatial distribution of leprosy cases and households of surveyed school children in the urban area. We mapped 499 (87 %) of the total reported cases in the urban area of Castanhal, as detected from 2004 to February 2010 (SINAN database) and the residences of 134 examined school children. a The most likely cluster of leprosy cases determined by Kulldorff’s spatial scan statistics (orange area; p < 0.01); (b) A hyperendemic area in the periphery of the city (annual raw new case detection rate ≥40/100,000 people per census tract)

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