%0 Journal Article
%T Spatial analysis of new cases of leprosy in the State of Esp¨Ērito Santo, Brazil, between 2004 and 2009
%A Sampaio
%A Poliane Barbosa
%A Rossi
%A Tiago Lessa
%A Cerutti Junior
%A Crispim
%A Zandonade
%A Eliana
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822012000300019
%X introduction: leprosy in brazil is a public health issue, and there are many regions in the state of esp¨Ērito santo with high endemic incidence levels of leprosy, characterizing this state as a priority for leprosy programs. the aim of this study was to determine the spatial distribution of coefficients of new cases of leprosy in the state of esp¨Ērito santo, brazil. methods: we conducted a descriptive and ecologic study based on the spatial distribution of leprosy in the state of esp¨Ērito santo between 2004 and 2009. data were gathered from the available records of the esp¨Ērito santo state health secretary. the global and local bayesian empirical methods were used to produce an estimate of leprosy risk, smoothing the fluctuation effects of the detection coefficients. results: the study resulted in a coefficient adjustment of new cases in 10 towns that changed their classification, among which, 2 went from low to medium, 4 from medium to high, 3 from high to very high, and 1 from very high to hyper-endemic. an average variation of 1.02, fluctuating between 0 and 12.39 cases/100,000 inhabitants, was found in a comparative calculation between the local ebest value and the average coefficient of new leprosy cases in the state of esp¨Ērito santo. conclusions: the spatial analysis of leprosy favors the establishment of control strategies with a better cost-benefit relationship since it reveals specific and priority regions, thereby enabling the development of actions that can interfere in the transmission chain.
%K leprosy
%K epidemiology
%K spatial distribution.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822012000300019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en