International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 78-84 , September 2009

Social deprivation index and lymphatic filariasis: a tool for mapping urban areas at risk in northeastern Brazil

  • Cristine Bonfim

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, 50670-420, PE, Brazil
    • Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Ministério da Educação, Rua Dois Irmãos, 92, Apipucos, Recife, 52071-440, PE, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Rua Dois Irmãos, 92 - Ed. Anexo Anízio Teixeira. Apipucos, Recife, Pernambuco. Brazil. CEP: 52071-440. Tel.: +55 81 3073 6576; fax: +55 81 3073 6509.
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  • Ana Maria Aguiar-Santos

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, 50670-420, PE, Brazil
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  • Dinilson Pedroza Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Praça João Gonçalves de Souza, Sn, Recife, PE, Brazil
    • Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Rua do Príncipe Sn, bloco G, 5 andar, DEA, Recife, PE, Brazil
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  • Tadeu Rodrigues Costa

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Estatística e Informática, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Avenida D. Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, 52171-900, PE, Brazil
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  • José Luiz Portugal

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Engenharia Cartográfica. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Acadêmico Hélio Ramos, s/n, 2° andar, DECart, Cidade Universitária, Recife, 50740-530, PE, Brazil
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  • Conceição Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Secretaria de Saúde do Recife. Prefeitura do Recife, Rua Major Codeceira, 194, Edifício Julião Pedro da Silva, Santo Amaro, Recife, 50100-070, PE, Brazil
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  • Zulma Medeiros

      Affiliations

    • Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, 50670-420, PE, Brazil
    • Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Rua Arnóbio Marques, 310, Santo. Amaro, Campus Universitário, Recife, 50100-130, PE, Brazil

Received 22 April 2009 ,Revised 4 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2009.06.007

International Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 78-84 , September 2009

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