Abstract

Background
Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever are one of the most criticial public health issues worldwide, especially in developing countries. The incidence of this disease may be closely related to socio-economic factors, but there is a lack of research on the spatial level of relevant determinants of typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever.
Methods
In this study, we took Hunan Province in central China as an example and collected the data on typhoid and paratyphoid incidence and socio-economic factors in 2015–2019. Firstly spatial mapping was made on the disease prevalence, and again using geographical probe model to explore the critical influencing factors of typhoid and paratyphoid, finally employing MGWR model to analysis the spatial heterogeneity of these factors.
Results
The results showed that the incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever was seasonal and periodic and frequently occurred in summer. In …

Date

May 22, 2023

Authors

Xiang Ren, Siyu Zhang, Piaoyi Luo, Jin Zhao, Wentao Kuang, Han Ni, Nan Zhou, Haoyun Dai, Xiuqin Hong, Xuewen Yang, Wenting Zha, Yuan Lv

Journal

BMC Public Health

Volume

23

Issue

1

Pages

927

Publisher

BioMed Central