D Peptenatu, A M Băloi, O Andronic, A Bolocan, N Cioran, A K Gruia, A Grecu, T C Panciu, L Georgescu, I Munteanu, A Pistol, F Furtunescu, I R Strâmbu, E Ibrahim, D Băiceanu, G G Popescu, D Păduraru, V Jinga, B Mahler
The study proposes a dynamic spatio-temporal profile of the distribution of tuberculosis incidence and air pollution in Romania, where this infectious disease induces more than 8,000 new cases annually. The descriptive analysis for the years 2012-2021 assumes an identification of the structuring patterns of mycobacterium tuberculosis risk in the Romanian population, according to gender and age, exploiting spatial modeling techniques of time series data. Through spatial autocorrelation, the degree of similarity between the analyzed territorial systems was highlighted and the relationships that are built between the analysis units in spatial proximity were investigated...
February 2024: GeoHealth