Volume 15, Number 4—April 2009
THEME ISSUE
The Amazon Region

Dispatches

Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil

Maria L.F. Penna , Maria L. Wand-del-Rey de Oliveira, and Gerson Penna 

Author affiliations: Federal Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M.L.F. Penna); Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Medical School, Rio de Janeiro (M.L.W.d.R.de Oliveira); University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil (G. Penna)

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Figure. Locations of the 10 most probable leprosy clusters (yellow regions) and municipal councils (dots), Brazil, 2005–2007.

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