Spatial clustering of notified tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem worldwide and in Ethiopia. This study aimed to investigate the spatial distributions of notified TB over the whole territory of Ethiopia and to quantify the role of health care access, environmental, socio-demographic, and behavioural factors associated with the clustering of TB.

Methods

A spatial analysis was conducted using national TB data reported between June 2016 and June 2017 in Ethiopia. Spatial clustering of TB was explored using Moran's I statistic and the local indicator of spatial autocorrelation (LISA). A multivariate Poisson regression model was developed with a conditional autoregressive (CAR) prior structure and with posterior parameters estimated using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simula

SUBMITTER: Alene KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688824 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature