Spatial scenery of congenital syphilis in Brazil between 2007 and 2018: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analysis the epidemiological scenery of the congenital syphilis (CS) in Brazil employing spatial analysis techniques.

Design

Ecological study.

Settings

This study was conducted in Brazil SAMPLE: A total of 151 601 CS cases notified to the Diseases and Notification Information System from 2007 to 2018 from children aged 0-23 months and born from mothers living in Brazil were included in this study.

Primary outcome measures

The CS incidence rates were calculated by triad (2007-2010, 2011-2014 and 2015-2018) for all Brazilian municipalities following the Boxcox transformation to remove the discrepant values. The transformed rates were analysed through the spatial autocorrelation of Moran, Kernel density estimative and spatial scan.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Seabra I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021778 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature