Spatiotemporal clusters of Kawasaki disease in South Korea from 2008 to 2017: A municipal-level ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As the etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) remains unknown, identifying spatiotemporal clusters with proper stratification of KD could provide further evidence for investigating the triggers of KD. However, spatiotemporal distributions of KD with sex stratification have never been reported. Therefore, we aimed to analyze the spatiotemporal patterns of KD by sex in South Korea.

Methods

We extracted epidemiologic week (Epiweek)-based KD cases in patients <5 years of age (ICD-10-CM code: M303) from 2008 to 2017 national health insurance service data at the 250 municipal level. To determine whether spatial autocorrelation and persistent municipal-level clusters exist, year- and sex-stratified global Moran's I statistics, Getis-Ord Gi* statistics, and emerging h

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904408 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature