Effectiveness of the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control Programme in reducing the prevalence and incidence of Leishmania infantum infection

Table 4 Effectiveness of the control strategies adopted by the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control Programme, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Intervention área	IRR^a	95% CI	P-value	IRR^b	P-value	95% CI
AI2010	1
AI2008	1.82	1.06–3.13	0.03	1.76	0.03	1.05–2.95
AI2006	1.24	0.68–2.25	0.48	1.18	0.59	0.65–2.14

^aNon-adjusted model
^bModel adjusted to age of the child, family’s socio-economic class and presence of trees in the neighborhood
Abbreviations: AI2006, area of intervention since 2006; AI2008, area of intervention since 2008; AI2010, area of intervention since 2010; CI, confidence interval; IRR, incidence rate ratio

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