Methods used in the spatial analysis of tuberculosis epidemiology: a systematic review

D Shaweno, M Karmakar, KA Alene, R Ragonnet… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) transmission often occurs within a household or community,
leading to heterogeneous spatial patterns. However, apparent spatial clustering of TB could …

Spatial analysis of COVID-19 clusters and contextual factors in New York City

J Cordes, MC Castro - Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Identifying areas with low access to testing and high case burden is necessary to
understand risk and allocate resources in the COVID-19 pandemic. Using zip code level …

[HTML][HTML] Desigualdade econômica e risco de infecção e morte por COVID-19 no Brasil

LM Demenech, SC Dumith, MECD Vieira… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivo: Avaliar, por meio de análise espaçotemporal, se a desigualdade econômica das
Unidades Federativas (UF) do Brasil pode estar associada com o risco de infecção e morte …

Temperature impacts the environmental suitability for malaria transmission by Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi

OC Villena, SJ Ryan, CC Murdock, LR Johnson - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extrinsic environmental factors influence the spatiotemporal dynamics of many organisms,
including insects that transmit the pathogens responsible for vector‐borne diseases (VBDs) …

[HTML][HTML] A Spatio‐temporal analysis of COVID‐19 outbreak in Italy

P Ghosh, A Cartone - Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
Within two weeks from the first detection of the SARS‐CoV‐2 positive patient on 21
February, from Lombardy the disease has spread over every region in Italy. The main …

Spatial statistics is a comprehensive tool for quantifying cell neighbor relationships and biological processes via tissue image analysis

HD Summers, JW Wills, P Rees - Cell Reports Methods, 2022 - cell.com
Automated microscopy and computational image analysis has transformed cell biology,
providing quantitative, spatially resolved information on cells and their constituent molecules …

Detecting space–time clusters of COVID-19 in Brazil: mortality, inequality, socioeconomic vulnerability, and the relative risk of the disease in Brazilian municipalities

MR Martines, RV Ferreira, RH Toppa… - Journal of Geographical …, 2021 - Springer
The first case of COVID-19 in South America occurred in Brazil on February 25, 2020. By
July 20, 2020, there were 2,118,646 confirmed cases and 80,120 confirmed deaths. To …

[HTML][HTML] Ancestry studies in forensic anthropology: back on the frontier of racism

AH Ross, SE Williams - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
One of the parameters forensic anthropologists have traditionally estimated is ancestry,
which is used in the United States as a proxy for social race. Its use is controversial because …

Spatiotemporal assessment of COVID-19 spread over Oman using GIS techniques

KM Al-Kindi, A Alkharusi, D Alshukaili… - Earth Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a worldwide challenge effecting millions of people in more …

Spatial accessibility to health care services: Identifying under-serviced neighbourhoods in Canadian urban areas

TI Shah, S Bell, K Wilson - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Urban environments can influence many aspects of health and well-being and
access to health care is one of them. Access to primary health care (PHC) in urban settings …