Identification of spatial and cohort clustering of tuberculosis using surveillance data from British Columbia, Canada, 1990-2013
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- 作者：David Rotha ; Michael Otterstattera ; b ; Jason Wonga ; b ; Victoria Cooka ; c ; James Johnstona ; c ; Sunny Maka ; sunny.mak@bccdc.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Tuberculosis ; Spatial clustering ; Spatial scan ; Cohort clustering ; Lorenz curve ; Mapping
- 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：168
- 期：Complete
- 页码：214-222
- 全文大小：2979 K
文摘
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Tuberculosis cases in British Columbia are clustered spatially and non-spatially.
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Spatial clustering is more common in Canadian-born cases.
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Non-spatial cohort clustering is more common in foreign-born cases.
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Differentiating types of clustering helps to clarify required public health action.