Spatiotemporal analysis of bubonic plague in Pernambuco, northeast of Brazil: Case study in the municipality of Exu
Fig 5
Spatiotemporal distribution of human plague cases in Exu, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil.
(A) Showing the concentration of human plague cases in the urban area of Exu in the period of 1945–1955; (B) Dispersion of cases to the rural areas during the second epidemic period 1961–1975; and the timeline shift within each period stratified by color scale: dark green, cases at the beginning of each period and dark red, those at the end of each period (C) distribution of cases by locality 1945–1954 and (D) 1961–1975. Shapefile of Exu was obtained from IBGE; and Hydrography from CPRM. Image was used for illustrative purposes only.