Social determinants of tuberculosis via a zero-inflated model in small areas of a city in Southeastern Brazil

CONCLUSIONS: It is important to prioritize areas exhibiting determinants that influence the occurrence of TB in the municipality of Vitória. The zero-inflated model can be useful to the public health sector since it identifies the percentage of false zeros, genera ting an estimate of the real epidemiological condition of TB in Vitória.
Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research