Nelson Cuboia, Joana Reis-Pardal, Isabel Pfumo-Cuboia, Ivan Manhiça, Cláudia Mutaquiha, Luis Nitrogénio, Pereira Zindoga, Luís Azevedo
INTRODUCTION: Mozambique is a high-burden country for tuberculosis (TB). International studies show that TB is a disease that tends to cluster in specific regions, and different risk factors (HIV prevalence, migration, overcrowding, poverty, house condition, temperature, altitude, undernutrition, urbanization, and inadequate access to TB diagnosis and treatment) are reported in the literature to be associated with TB incidence. Although Mozambique has a higher burden of TB, the spatial distribution, and determinants of TB incidence at the sub-national level have not been studied yet for the whole country...
February 2024: Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology