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Localized spatial clustering of HIV infections in a widely disseminated rural South African epidemic

Author(s) -

Frank Tanser,

Till Bärnighausen,

Graham Cooke,

MarieLouise Newell

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyp148

Subject(s) - scan statistic , population , demography , geography , cluster analysis , medicine , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology

South Africa contains more than one in seven of the world's HIV-positive population. Knowledge of local variation in levels of HIV infection is important for prioritization of areas for intervention. We apply two spatial analytical techniques to investigate the micro-geographical patterns and clustering of HIV infections in a high prevalence, rural population in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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