Spatial analysis of tuberculosis in an Urban West African setting: Is there evidence of clustering?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 664-672

  Touray, K ^a   Adetifa, I M ^a   Jallow, A ^b   Rigby, J ^c   Jeffries, D ^a   Cheung, Y B ^d   Donkor, S ^a   Adegbola, R A ^a   Hill, P C ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Gambia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clustering; Geographic Information Systems; Spatial analysis; The Gambia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GIS; GPS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

GAMBIA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77952283311     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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