Spatio-temporal clusters of incident human brucellosis cases in Ecuador

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Ron, Lenin ^a,b,c   Benitez, Washington ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^d   Ron, Jorge ^a   Saegerman, Claude ^c   Berkvens, Dirk ^b   Abatih, Emmanuel ^b  

^a Ciudadela Universitaria   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Ecuador; Humans; Spatio temporal distribution; Zero inflated Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; GOATS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84875304763     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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