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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2(49), p. 211-221

DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0065-2016

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Two decades of tuberculosis in a city in Northeastern Brazil: advances and challenges in time and space

Journal article published in 2016 by Silva,Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral, Albuquerque,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de, Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral Silva ORCID, Souza,Wayner Vieira De, Wayner Vieira de Souza ORCID, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION This study presents two decades of epidemiological data on tuberculosis (TB), in order to understanding the disease profile and its spatiotemporal dynamics. METHODS This descriptive study was performed in the City of Olinda/Pernambuco, Brazil, from 1991-2010, and it analyzed new patients with TB living in the city. We used the χ²-test with a p-value