Spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal analysis of mumps in Guangxi Province, China, 2005-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The resurgence of mumps around the world occurs frequently in recent years. As the country with the largest number of cases in the world, the status of mumps epidemics in China is not yet clear. This study, taking the relatively serious epidemic province of Guangxi as the example, aimed to examine the spatiotemporal pattern and epidemiological characteristics of mumps, and provide a scientific basis for the effective control of this disease and formulation of related health policies.

Methods

Geographic information system (GIS)-based spatiotemporal analyses, including spatial autocorrelation analysis, Kulldorff's purely spatial and space-time scan statistics, were applied to detect the location and extent of mumps high-risk areas. Spatial empirical Bayesian (SEB) w

SUBMITTER: Yu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6090846 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature