Spatial spillover effect of environmental factors on the tuberculosis occurrence among the elderly: a surveillance analysis for nearly a dozen years in eastern China

• Main Authors: Dan Luo (Author), Luyu Wang (Author), Mengdie Zhang (Author), Leonardo Martinez (Author), Songhua Chen (Author), Yu Zhang (Author), Wei Wang (Author), Qian Wu (Author), Yonghao Wu (Author), Kui Liu (Author), Bo Xie (Author), Bin Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In many areas of China, over 30% of tuberculosis cases occur among the elderly. We aimed to investigate the spatial distribution and environmental factors that predicted the occurence of tuberculosis in this group. Methods Data were collected on notified pulmonary tuberculosis (P...