Spatial analysis of congenital syphilis in a federative unit in northeastern Brazil.
Iolanda Graepp FontouraValckinara Carreiro LimaVolmar Morais FontouraFloriacy Stabnow SantosAna Cristina Pereira de Jesus CostaFrancisca Jacinta Feitoza de OliveiraMarcela de Oliveira FeitosaHanari Santos de Almeida TavaresLilian Natália Ferreira LimaArissane de Sousa FalcãoRoberta de Araújo E SilvaIsmália Cassandra Costa Maia DiasLeonardo Hunaldo Dos SantosJanaina Miranda BezerraSheila Cristina Teixeira FonsecaMarcelino Santos NetoPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)
The use of spatial analysis tools have made it possible to detect areas with both a greater and a lesser need for intervention, and to more effectively improve and monitor those areas to change the epidemiological profile of the disease.