[Identification of risk areas for the transmission of tuberculosis in the municipality of São Carlos, São Paulo State, Brazil, 2008 to 2013].

Objective: to identify spatial and space-time clusters of risk for tuberculosis and to characterize them according to social vulnerability.

Methods: ecological study which considered cases of tuberculosis in the municipality of São Carlos-SP, in the period from 2008 to 2013; spatial scan statistic was applied; the relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI:) were calculated; the Social Vulnerability Index of São Paulo State was used to characterize the clusters.

Results: three clusters were identified: two of high risk (RR=7.