Space-time clustering and associated risk factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in southwest China

• Main Authors: Li Huang (Author), Eniola Michael Abe (Author), Xin-Xu Li (Author), Robert Bergquist (Author), Lin Xu (Author), Jing-Bo Xue (Author), Yao Ruan (Author), Chun-Li Cao (Author), Shi-Zhu Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB,both smear positive and smear negative) is an airborne infectious disease of major public health concern in China and other parts of the world where PTB endemicity is reported. This study aims at identifying PTB spatio-temporal clusters and associated...