Spatial distribution of HIV/AIDS in Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China

Zhi-Hang, Peng and Yue-Jia, Cheng and Reilly, Kathleen H. and Lu, Wang and Qian-Qian, Qin and Zheng-Wei, Ding and Guo-Wei, Ding and Ke-Qin, Ding and Rong-Bin, Yu and Feng, Chen and Ning, Wang (2011) Spatial distribution of HIV/AIDS in Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China. Geospatial health , 5 (2). pp. 177-182. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

Risk maps for the geographical distribution of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are needed for the direction of HIV prevention interventions. Our study, based on county-level data on the numbers of HIV/AIDS patients in the Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China, applied trend surface analysis and spatial autocorrelation analysis to demonstrate the geographical distribution of HIV-positive patients in the province. The case load of HIV was found to be most severe in the central-west region of the province. While Kunming county was shown to be negatively correlated with its surrounding counties, many high-burden counties are surrounded by other counties with similar case numbers. We conclude that intervention efforts in Yunnan province should concentrate on the western and northeast regions, targeting the hotspots of infection

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	HIV/AIDS, geographical information systems, trend surface analysis, spatial autocorrelation analysis, People’s Republic of China
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica > 614.4 Incidenza delle malattie e misure pubblica per prevenirle (classificare qui l'Epidemiologia, l'Epidemiologia clinica) > 614.42 Incidenza delle malattie, e misure pubbliche per prevenirle. Incidenza (classificare qui la prevalenza; la Geografia medica; l'Epidemiologia spaziale; i rilevamenti sanitari) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.9 Altre malattie (altri rami della Medicina) > 616.97 Malattie del sistema immunitario > 616.979 Malattie da deficienza immunitaria > 616.9792 Sindrome da deficienza immunitaria acquisita (AIDS) (Classificare qui le infezioni da HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 910 Geografia e viaggi > 910.285 Geographic information systems
Depositing User:	biblioteca 7
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2012 12:42
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2012 12:42
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/4109

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