Publications by authors named "Alexandre Vitor de Lima Fonseca"
An analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in counties located along road and railway corridors in the State of Maranhão, Brazil.
Vicente Silva Gonçalves Neto Allan Kardec Duailibe Barros Filho Alcione Miranda dos Santos Margarida Paula Carreira de Sá Prazeres Ana Célia Rolim Bezerril Alexandre Vitor de Lima Fonseca
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
January 2014
Introduction: The incidence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is increasing in Latin America, especially in Brazil, where 256,587 cases were confirmed in the last decade.
Methods: This study used a Bayesian model to examine the spatial and temporal distribution of ACL cases between 2000 and 2009 in 61 counties of State of Maranhão located along the three main road and railway corridors.
Results: During the study period, 13,818 cases of ACL were recorded.