Methods used in the spatial analysis of tuberculosis epidemiology: a systematic review

D Shaweno, M Karmakar, KA Alene, R Ragonnet… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) transmission often occurs within a household or community,
leading to heterogeneous spatial patterns. However, apparent spatial clustering of TB could …

WHO housing and health guidelines

World Health Organization - 2018 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
Improved housing conditions can save lives, prevent disease, increase quality of life, reduce
poverty, help mitigate climate change and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable …

Desigualdade econômica e risco de infecção e morte por COVID-19 no Brasil

LM Demenech, SC Dumith, MECD Vieira… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivo: Avaliar, por meio de análise espaçotemporal, se a desigualdade econômica das
Unidades Federativas (UF) do Brasil pode estar associada com o risco de infecção e morte …

Ecological-level factors associated with tuberculosis incidence and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Liyew, ACA Clements, TY Akalu… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality, with the
risk of infection affected by both individual and ecological-level factors. While systematic …

A GIS-based artificial neural network model for spatial distribution of tuberculosis across the continental United States

A Mollalo, L Mao, P Rashidi, GE Glass - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite the usefulness of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in the study of various complex
problems, ANNs have not been applied for modeling the geographic distribution of …

Income inequality and risk of infection and death by COVID-19 in Brazil

LM Demenech, SC Dumith, MECD Vieira… - Revista brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To assess, through space-time analyses, whether the income inequality of the
Federative Units (FUs) in Brazil can be associated with the risk of infection and death by …

Spatial patterns of tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Ethiopia

KA Alene, K Viney, HC Moore, M Wagaw… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the leading
causes of infectious-disease-related deaths in Ethiopia, but little is known about their spatial …

Spatial transmission and meteorological determinants of tuberculosis incidence in Qinghai Province, China: a spatial clustering panel analysis

HX Rao, X Zhang, L Zhao, J Yu, W Ren… - Infectious diseases of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the notifiable infectious disease with the second highest
incidence in the Qinghai province, a province with poor primary health care infrastructure …