1. Spatial analysis of visceral leishmaniasis in the oases of the plains of Kashi Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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Su-xiang Tong, Yan-lin Niu, Li-Ying Wang, Song Zhang, Shuai Han, Yayi Guan, Qing Fu, Wei-Ping Wu, Kaisar Kaisar, and Israyil Osman
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Familial aggregation ,China ,030231 tropical medicine ,Population ,Biology ,Spatial distribution ,03 medical and health sciences ,symbols.namesake ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Poisson regression ,education ,Visceral leishmaniasis ,Spatial Analysis ,education.field_of_study ,Xinjiang, China ,Traditional medicine ,Research ,Leishmaniasis ,medicine.disease ,Distribution fitting ,Spatial aggregation ,Infectious Diseases ,symbols ,Leishmaniasis, Visceral ,Parasitology ,Desert Climate ,Cartography - Abstract
Background Kashi Prefecture of Xinjiang is one of the most seriously affected areas with anthroponotic visceral leishmaniasis in China. A better understanding of space distribution features in this area was needed to guide strategies to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis from highly endemic areas. We performed a spatial analysis using the data collected in Bosh Klum Township in Xinjiang China. Methods Based on the report of endemic diseases between 1990 and 2005, three villages with a high number of visceral leishmaniasis cases in Bosh Klum Township were selected. We conducted a household survey to collect the baseline data of kala-azar patients using standard case definitions. The geographical information was recorded with GIS equipment. A binomial distribution fitting test, runs test, and Scan statistical analysis were used to assess the space distribution of the study area. Results The result of the binomial distribution fitting test showed that the distribution of visceral leishmaniasis cases in local families was inconsistent (χ2 = 53.23, P
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- 2016