Spatial and space-time clustering of tuberculosis in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Sebsibe Tadesse, Fikre Enqueselassie and Seifu Hagos

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: Spatial targeting is advocated as an effective method that contributes for achieving tuberculosis control in high-burden countries. However, there is a paucity of studies clarifying the spatial nature of the disease in these countries. This study aims to identify the location, size and risk of purely spatial and space-time clusters for high occurrence of tuberculosis in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia during 2007 to 2016. Materials and methods: A total of 15,805 patient data that were retrieved from unit TB registers were included in the final analyses. The spatial and space-time cluster analyses were performed using the global Moran’s I, Getis-Ord Gi* and Kulldorff’s scan statistics. Results: Eleven purely spatial and three space-time clusters were detected (P

Date: 2018
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