Spatial analysis of notified dengue fever infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-399

  Hu, W ^a   Clements, A ^a,b   Williams, G ^a   Tong, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dengue; LISA; Moran's I; spatial analysis; spatial empirical Bayes smoothing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; STATISTICS;

DENGUE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79952467594     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000713     Document Type: Article

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