Analyzing the spatial and temporal distribution of human brucellosis in Azerbaijan (1995 - 2009) using spatial and spatio-temporal statistics

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abdullayev, Rakif ^a   Kracalik, Ian ^b   Ismayilova, Rita ^a   Ustun, Narmin ^a   Talibzade, Ayden ^a   Blackburn, Jason K ^b  

^a Republican Anti Plague Station   (Azerbaijan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Brucellosis; Former Soviet Union; Serology; Spatio temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; BIOSTATISTICS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AZERBAIJAN; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864530837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-185     Document Type: Article

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