Open AccessWhat's driving an epidemic? The spread of syphilis along an interstate highway in rural North Carolina.
Author(s) -
Robert L. Cook,
Rachel A. Royce,
James C. Thomas,
Barbara H. Hanusa
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.3.369
Subject(s) - syphilis , poisson regression , demography , medicine , confidence interval , ecological study , rate ratio , psychological intervention , environmental health , incidence (geometry) , poverty , geography , public health , gerontology , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , economics , economic growth , nursing , physics , psychiatry , sociology , optics
The purpose of this study was to determine whether county syphilis rates were increased along Interstate Highway 95 (I-95) in North Carolina during a recent epidemic.