Spatio-temporal analysis of smear-positive tuberculosis in the Sidama Zone, southern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of public health concern, with a varying distribution across settings depending on socio-economic status, HIV burden, availability and performance of the health system. Ethiopia is a country with a high burden of TB, with regional variations in TB case notification rates (CNRs). However, TB program reports are often compiled and reported at higher administrative units that do not show the burden at lower units, so there is limited information about the spatial distribution of the disease. We therefore aim to assess the spatial distribution and presence of the spatio-temporal clustering of the disease in different geographic settings over 10 years in the Sidama Zone in southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A retrospective space-time and spatial

SUBMITTER: Dangisso MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4451210 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature