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Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea
INTRODUCTION: There is a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Province, Papua New Guinea. This study aims to describe the spatial distribution of TB in the Balimo District Hospital (BDH) catchment area to identify TB patient clusters and factors associated with high rates of TB. METHODS:...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7043092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133209 http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.001 |
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author | Diefenbach-Elstob, Tanya Guernier-Cambert, Vanina Gula, Bisato Dowi, Robert Pelowa, Daniel Pomat, William Rush, Catherine Plummer, David McBryde, Emma Warner, Jeffrey |
author_facet | Diefenbach-Elstob, Tanya Guernier-Cambert, Vanina Gula, Bisato Dowi, Robert Pelowa, Daniel Pomat, William Rush, Catherine Plummer, David McBryde, Emma Warner, Jeffrey |
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description | INTRODUCTION: There is a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Province, Papua New Guinea. This study aims to describe the spatial distribution of TB in the Balimo District Hospital (BDH) catchment area to identify TB patient clusters and factors associated with high rates of TB. METHODS: Information about TB patients was obtained from the BDH TB patient register for the period 26 April 2013 to 25 February 2017. The locations of TB patients were mapped, and the spatial scan statistic was used to identify high- and low-rate TB clusters in the BDH catchment area. RESULTS: A total of 1568 patients were mapped with most being from the Balimo Urban (n = 252), Gogodala Rural (n = 1010) and Bamu Rural (n = 295) local level government (LLG) areas. In the Gogodala region (Balimo Urban and Gogodala Rural LLGs), high-rate clusters occurred closer to the town of Balimo, while low-rate clusters were located in more remote regions. In addition, closer proximity to Balimo was a predictor of high-rate clustering. DISCUSSION: There is heterogeneity in the distribution of TB in the Balimo region. Active case-finding activities indicated potential underdiagnosis of TB and the possibility of associated missed diagnoses of TB. The large BDH catchment area emphasizes the importance of the hospital in managing TB in this rural region. |
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spelling | pubmed-70430922020-03-04 Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea Diefenbach-Elstob, Tanya Guernier-Cambert, Vanina Gula, Bisato Dowi, Robert Pelowa, Daniel Pomat, William Rush, Catherine Plummer, David McBryde, Emma Warner, Jeffrey Western Pac Surveill Response J Non theme issue INTRODUCTION: There is a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Province, Papua New Guinea. This study aims to describe the spatial distribution of TB in the Balimo District Hospital (BDH) catchment area to identify TB patient clusters and factors associated with high rates of TB. METHODS: Information about TB patients was obtained from the BDH TB patient register for the period 26 April 2013 to 25 February 2017. The locations of TB patients were mapped, and the spatial scan statistic was used to identify high- and low-rate TB clusters in the BDH catchment area. RESULTS: A total of 1568 patients were mapped with most being from the Balimo Urban (n = 252), Gogodala Rural (n = 1010) and Bamu Rural (n = 295) local level government (LLG) areas. In the Gogodala region (Balimo Urban and Gogodala Rural LLGs), high-rate clusters occurred closer to the town of Balimo, while low-rate clusters were located in more remote regions. In addition, closer proximity to Balimo was a predictor of high-rate clustering. DISCUSSION: There is heterogeneity in the distribution of TB in the Balimo region. Active case-finding activities indicated potential underdiagnosis of TB and the possibility of associated missed diagnoses of TB. The large BDH catchment area emphasizes the importance of the hospital in managing TB in this rural region. World Health Organization 2019-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7043092/ /pubmed/32133209 http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.001 Text en (c) 2019 The authors; licensee World Health Organization. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution IGO License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that WHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL. |
spellingShingle | Non theme issue Diefenbach-Elstob, Tanya Guernier-Cambert, Vanina Gula, Bisato Dowi, Robert Pelowa, Daniel Pomat, William Rush, Catherine Plummer, David McBryde, Emma Warner, Jeffrey Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
title | Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
title_full | Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
title_fullStr | Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
title_full_unstemmed | Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
title_short | Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
title_sort | spatial distribution of tuberculosis in a rural region of western province, papua new guinea |
topic | Non theme issue |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7043092/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133209 http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.2.001 |
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