[Spatial-temporal distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil from 2007 to 2020Distribución espaciotemporal de la leishmaniasis visceral en Brasil en el período 2007-2020].

Objective: To analyze the dynamics of the spatial and temporal distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil from 2007 to 2020.

Method: This ecological study focused on the spatial pattern of visceral leishmaniasis cases in Brazil from 2007 to 2020 using data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). The variables analyzed were the incidence rate of visceral leishmaniasis and the visceral leishmaniasis composite indicator (VLCI), from which triennial thematic maps were constructed.

[Abandonment of tuberculosis treatment in Brazil, 2012-2018: trend and spatiotemporal distribution].

Ecological study that analyzes the trend and the spatiotemporal distribution of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) that abandoned treatment in Brazil, notified in the Notifiable Diseases Information System, in the period from 2012 to 2018. For the study of the trend used the Prais-Winsten generalized linear regression model was used and the Moran Global and Local indices for spatial analysis. The mean and median proportion of TB treatment dropout in Brazil was 10.

Spatial analysis of AIDS in the state of Maranhão: an ecological study 2011-2018.

Objective: Analyze the spatio-temporal distribution of AIDS cases in Maranhão.

Methods: Ecological study of AIDS cases in the Notifiable Diseases Information System, 2011-2018. Gross and adjusted incidences were calculated using the Baysean method; then, the Moran Global and Local Indices to observe the existence of spatial autocorrelation of the cases and for the delimitation of high and low risk clusters.

Temporal trends in occupational accidents involving exposure to biological material in Brazil, 2010 to 2016.

Introduction: Accidents involving biological material are the main cause of occupational exposure among health care professionals.

Objectives: To analyze trends in the number of accidents involving exposure to biological material among health care workers in Brazil, in the period of 2010 to 2016.

Methods: This was an ecological study based on secondary data on occupational accidents involving biological material reported to the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sistema Nacional de Agravos de Notificação).

Trends in the use of personal protective equipment by health care workers who experienced occupational accidents in Brazil.

Introduction: Personal protective equipment creates a protective barrier for mucous membranes, airways, and skin in situations with possible exposure to biological material.

Objectives: To analyze temporal trends in the use of personal protective equipment at the time of accidental exposure to biological materials in Brazilian health care workers.

Methods: This was an ecological time series study of the use of personal protective equipment in health professionals who experienced accidental exposure to biological materials.

Trend of tuberculosis in Brazilian indigenous people in the 2011-2017 period.

This paper aims to analyze the trend of tuberculosis (TB) in Brazilian indigenous people from 2011 to 2017. This ecological study was carried out with all new TB cases in indigenous people reported in the Notifiable Diseases Information System during the 2011-2017 period. Thematic maps were prepared to monitor the spatial-temporal evolution of TB in the indigenous population each year, and the Prais-Winsten generalized linear regression model was used to analyze the trend.

Factors associated with use of personal protective equipment by health care professionals who suffered accidents with biological materials in the State of Maranhão, Brazil.

Background: Health care professionals are at high risk for work accidents; within this context, personal protective equipment (PPE) acts as a barrier and affords protection in any situation of potential exposure to biological materials.

Objective: To analyze associated factors and determine the frequency of adherence to use of PPE by health care professionals from the state of Maranhão who suffered sharps injuries at work.

Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological and analytical study based on secondary data from the System of Information on Notifiable Diseases (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação - SINAN) was performed with health care professionals who suffered sharps injuries from 2010 to 2015.

Diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: tuberculin test versus interferon-gamma release.

Introduction: The treatment of individuals with active tuberculosis (TB) and the identification and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) contacts are the two most important strategies for the control of TB. The objective of this study was compare the performance of tuberculin skin testing (TST) with QuantiFERON-TB Gold In TUBE(r) in the diagnosis of LTBI in contacts of patients with active TB.

Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study with 60 contacts of patients with active pulmonary TB.