Locating irregularly shaped clusters of infection intensity

Geospatial Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-200

  Yiannakoulias, Niko ^a   Wilson, Shona ^b   Kariuki, H Curtis ^c   Mwatha, Joseph K ^d   Ouma, John H ^d   Muchiri, Eric ^c   Kimani, Gachuhi ^d   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^e   Dunne, David W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disease clusters; Hookworm; Kenya; Schistosomiasis; Spatial scan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953058390     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.200     Document Type: Article

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