ANÃLISE DO PADRÃO ESPACIAL DO DENGUE EM 2011 NO ESTADO DA PARAÃBA

Abstract

Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by the female mosquito of Aedes gender. It is considered a worldwide public health problem, which returned in recent decades due to inadequate infrastructure and population growth. This work analyzes the spatial distribution of that disease in the State of Paraíba for the year 2011, using the Scan statistic over epidemiological data. Beyond that, spatial analysis were performed by gender and for the incidences of the cases. Priority areas needing attention were identified. Index Terms   Dengue, incidence, spatial analysis, cluster detection.