Analyzing spatial clustering and the spatiotemporal nature and trends of HIV/AIDS prevalence using GIS: The case of Malawi, 1994-2010

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zulu, Leo C ^a   Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^b   Johannes, Eliza ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Clustering; Coldspots; Drivers; GIS; HIV AIDS; Hotspots; Malawi; Spatiotemporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902383257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-285     Document Type: Article

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