II Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências

The AIDS epidemic in the Amazon region: a spatial case-control study in Rondonia, Brazil Epidemia da Aids na região amazônica: estudo caso controle espacial em Rondônia, Brasil OBJECTIVE: To analyze spatial changes in the risk of AIDS and the relationship between AIDS incidence and socioeconomic variables in the state of Rondonia, Amazon region. METHODS: A spatial, population case-control study in Rondonia, Brazil, based on 1,780 cases reported to the Epidemiological Surveillance System and controls based on demographic data from 1987 to 2006. The cases were grouped into five consecutive four-year periods. A generalized additive model was adjusted to the data; the dependent variable was the status of the individuals (case or control)