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