Space-time clustering characteristics of tuberculosis in China, 2005-2011.

OBJECTIVES: China is one of the 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries in the world. As TB is a major public health problem in China, spatial analysis could be applied to detect geographic distribution of TB clusters for targeted intervention on TB epidemics. METHODS: Spatial analysis was applie...

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Main Authors: Fei Zhao, Shiming Cheng, Guangxue He, Fei Huang, Hui Zhang, Biao Xu, Tonderayi C Murimwa, Jun Cheng, Dongmei Hu, Lixia Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3868653?pdf=render