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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 29.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Feb;14(2):203–209.

Table 5.

DOTS and DOTS-A communities: changes in incidence from 1999 to 2004

	Study arm	Incidence rate/100000		Change
	Study arm	1999	2004	Change
Community
Estácio	DOTS	499	523	+24 (+4.8%)
Santo Cristo	DOTS	509	572	+63 (+12.4%)
Benfica	DOTS	210	237	+27 (+12.9%)
Rio Comprido	DOTS	270	267	−3 (−1.1%)
All DOTS		340	358	+18 (+5.3%)
São Cristóvão	DOTS-A	256	242	−14 (−5.5%)
Catumbi	DOTS-A	372	379	+7 (+1.9%)
Mangueira	DOTS-A	434	324	−110 (−25.3%)
Cidade Nova	DOTS-A	625	530	−95 (−15.2%)
All DOTS-A		339	305	−34 (−10%)

DOTS-A = DOTS ampliado (enhanced DOTS).