Academic Journal
SPECIAL THEME: INFECTIOUS DISEASE Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central
| العنوان: | SPECIAL THEME: INFECTIOUS DISEASE Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central |
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| المؤلفون: | Afif Ben Salah, Yiannis Kamarianakis, Sadok Chlif, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Poulicos Prastacos |
| المساهمون: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| المصدر: | http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/5/991.full.pdf. |
| سنة النشر: | 2007 |
| المجموعة: | CiteSeerX |
| الوصف: | Background Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in many rural areas of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region where different transmission patterns of the disease have been described. This study was carried out in a region located in Central Tunisia and aimed to investigate the spatio–temporal dynamics of the disease from 1999 to 2004. Methods Incident ZCL cases were defined by clinical diagnosis, confirmed by a positive skin test and/or parasitological examination. Annual ZCL rates were calculated for 94 regional sectors that comprise the study region of Sidi-Bouzid. Spatial and temporal homogeneity were initially investigated by chi-squared tests. Next, spatial scan statistics were used to identify spatial, temporal and spatio–temporal clusters that display abnormally high incidence rates. A hierarchical Bayesian Poisson regression model with spatial effects was fitted to signify explanatory socio-geographic factors related to spatial rate variability. Temporal ZCL dynamics for the 94 sectors were described via a linear mixed model. Results A total of 15 897 ZCL cases were reported in the 6-year study period, with an annual |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
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| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.525.6810; http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/5/991.full.pdf |
| الاتاحة: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.525.6810 http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/5/991.full.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.1295593D |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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