Moran’s I and Geary’s C: investigation of the effects of spatial weight matrices for assessing the distribution of infectious diseases

Sarah Isnan; Ahmad Fikri bin Abdullah; Abdul Rashid Shariff; Iskandar Ishak; Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail; Maheshwara Rao Appanan; Jihong Zhang; Guohua Yin; Qiuhua Zhang; Juan Fang; Duo Jiang; Chao Yang; Na Sun; Alireza Mohammadi; Bardia Mashhoodi; Ali Shamsoddini; Elahe Pishgar; Robert Bergquist; Wentao Yang; Fengjie Wang; Yihan You; Zhixiong Fang; Xing Wang; Xiaoming Mei; Sang Min Lee; Dong Woo Huh; Young Gyu Kwon; Peter Nezval; Takeshi Shirabe; Jonas Schoo; Frank Schüssler; Mai Liu; Yin Zhang; Enríque Ibarra-Zapata; Darío Gaytán-Hernández; Yolanda Terán-Figueroa; Verónica Gallegos-García; Carmen del Pilar Suárez-Rodríguez; Sergio Zarazúa Guzmán; Omar Parra Rodríguez; Worrayot Darasawang; Wongsa Laohasiriwong; Kittipong Sornlorm; Warangkana Sungsitthisawad; Roshan Kumar Mahato; Mintesnot Tenkir Teni; Travis Loux; Ness Sandoval; Anne Sebert Kuhlmann; Iuria Betco; Ana Isabel Ribeiro; David S. Vale; Luis Encalada-Abarca; Cláudia M. Viana; Jorge Rocha; Adel Al-Huraibi; Sherif Amer; Justine Blanford; Néstor DelaPaz-Ruíz; Ellen-Wien Augustijn; Mahdi Farnaghi; Sheheen A. Abdulkareem; Raul Zurita Milla

doi:10.4081/gh.2025.1277

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Geospatial Health is the Journal of the GIS Laboratory at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Regional Center for Monitoring Parasitic Infections (CREMOPAR), University of Naples Federico II (https://www.mvpa-unina.org).

Geospatial Health is also the official journal of the International Society of Geospatial Health (www.GnosisGIS.org). The focus of the journal is on all aspects of the application of geographical information systems, remote sensing, global positioning systems, spatial statistics and other geospatial tools in human and veterinary health. The journal publishes two issues per year.

Early Access

A post-pandemic analysis of air pollution over small-sized urban areas in southern Thailand following the COVID-19 lockdown

Dimitris Stratoulias, Beomgeun Jang, Narissara Nuthammachot

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1354

228

PDF: 92

Supplementary Materials: 16

HTML: 2

Spatio-temporal analysis of foot traffic dynamics in Charleston County, South Carolina: before, during, and after COVID-19

Wish Shao, Abolfazl Mollalo, Navid Hashemi Tonekaboni

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1363

354

PDF: 139

HTML: 7

Environmental and geographical factors influence malaria transmission in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

Osadolor Ebhuoma, Michael Gebreslasie, Oswaldo Villena, Ali Arab

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1370

555

PDF: 135

HTML: 8

The future of spatial epidemiology in the AI era: enhancing machine learning approaches with explicit spatial structure

Nima Kianfar, Benn Sartorius, Colleen L. Lau, Robert Bergquist, Behzad Kiani

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1386

900

PDF: 202

HTML: 0

Dengue risk-mapping in an Amazonian locality in Colombia based on regression and multi-criteria analysis

Maria Camila Lesmes , Alvaro Ávila-Díaz, Erika Santamaría, Carlos Andrés Morales , Horacio Cadena, Patricia Fuya, Nicolas Frutos, Ximena Porcasi, Catalina Marceló-Díaz

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1292

790

PDF: 219

HTML: 11

Typhoid fever in Jakarta, Indonesia 2017-2023: spatial clustering and seasonality of hospitalization data to inform better intervention

Mujiyanto Mujiyanto, Basuki Rachmat, Aris Yulianto, Made Agus Nurjana, Wawan Ridwan, Endang Puji Astuti, Doni Lasut, Pandji Wibawa Dhewantara

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1372

1106

PDF: 312

HTML: 118

Spatial autocorrelation pattern of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Thailand 2021 and 2022

Sarayu Muntaphan, Kittipong Sornlorm

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1368

861

PDF: 173

HTML: 45

Spatial multilevel modelling male partners’ influence on women’s modern contraceptive use: a study in Angola and Zambia

Kabeya Clement Mulamba

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1340

845

PDF: 169

HTML: 47

Risk discrepancies in COVID-19-related community environments based on spatiotemporal monitoring

Jihong Zhang, Guohua Yin, Qiuhua Zhang, Juan Fang, Duo Jiang, Chao Yang, Na Sun

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1286

903

PDF: 256

HTML: 76

Sentiment analysis using a lexicon-based approach in Lisbon, Portugal

Iuria Betco, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, David S. Vale, Luis Encalada-Abarca, Cláudia M. Viana, Jorge Rocha

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1344

885

PDF: 238

Supplementary Materials: 114

HTML: 64

Moran’s I and Geary’s C: investigation of the effects of spatial weight matrices for assessing the distribution of infectious diseases

Sarah Isnan, Ahmad Fikri bin Abdullah, Abdul Rashid Shariff, Iskandar Ishak, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Maheshwara Rao Appanan

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1277

1086

PDF: 310

Supplementary materials: 123

HTML: 93

Land surface temperature predicts mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a study based on climate variables and impact machine learning

Alireza Mohammadi, Bardia Mashhoodi, Ali Shamsoddini, Elahe Pishgar, Robert Bergquist

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1319

1719

PDF: 324

HTML: 73

Design and implementation of a spatial database for analysis of wheelchair accessibility

Peter Nezval, Takeshi Shirabe

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1324

1293

PDF: 310

HTML: 87

Optimizing vaccination sites for infectious diseases based on heterogeneous travel modes in multiple scenarios

Wentao Yang, Fengjie Wang, Yihan You, Zhixiong Fang, Xing Wang, Xiaoming Mei

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1362

1445

PDF: 282

HTML: 81

Local healthcare resources associated with unmet healthcare needs in South Korea: a spatial analysis

Sang Min Lee, Dong Woo Huh, Young Gyu Kwon

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1295

1719

PDF: 410

Supplementary materials: 147

HTML: 91

Prioritizing the location of vaccination centres during the COVID-19 pandemic by bike in the Netherlands

Adel Al-Huraibi, Sherif Amer, Justine Blanford

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1293

1659

PDF: 462

HTML: 77

Impact of climate change on dengue fever: a bibliometric analysis

Mai Liu, Yin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1301

2247

PDF: 673

Supplementary Materials: 316

HTML: 92

The future of general practitioner care in Lower Saxony, Germany: an analysis of actual vs target states using a GIS-based floating catchment area method

Jonas Schoo, Frank Schüssler

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1339

1968

PDF: 558

HTML: 99

Integrating agent-based disease, mobility and wastewater models for the study of the spread of communicable diseases

Néstor DelaPaz-Ruíz, Ellen-Wien Augustijn, Mahdi Farnaghi, Sheheen A. Abdulkareem, Raul Zurita Milla

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1326

1881

PDF: 451

Supplementary Materials: 336

HTML: 204

Mapping livestock systems, bovine and caprine diseases in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Province, Chad

Kella Douzouné, Joseph Oloukoi, Ismaila Toko Imorou, Toure Gorgui Ba, Derrick Chefor Ymele Demeveng

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1365

3125

PDF: 1029

Supplementary Materials: 553

HTML: 181

Socio-spatial vulnerability index of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexico in 2020

Enríque Ibarra-Zapata, Darío Gaytán-Hernández, Yolanda Terán-Figueroa, Verónica Gallegos-García, Carmen del Pilar Suárez-Rodríguez, Sergio Zarazúa Guzmán, Omar Parra Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1348

3794

PDF: 1375

HTML: 250

Spatial association of socioeconomic and health service factors with antibiotic self-medication in Thailand

Worrayot Darasawang, Wongsa Laohasiriwong, Kittipong Sornlorm , Warangkana Sungsitthisawad, Roshan Kumar Mahato

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1329

2720

PDF: 836

Supplementary Materials: 524

HTML: 239

Geographic distribution and demographic factors associated with use of a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) in Ethiopia

Mintesnot Tenkir Teni, Travis Loux, Ness Sandoval, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2025.1302

3299

PDF: 1194

HTML: 1139

Geographical accessibility to healthcare by point-of–interest data from online maps: a comparative study

Heng-Qian Huang-fu, Nan Zhang, Li Wang, Hui-Juan Liang, Ben-Song Xian, Xiao-Fang Gan, Yingsi Lai

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2024.1322

972

PDF: 247

Supplementary Materials: 75

HTML: 11

Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and attribution analysis of hepatitis A in mainland China

Xiaodi Su, Chunxia Qiu, Chunhui Liu

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2024.1323

997

PDF: 292

HTML: 4

Socio-economic and environmental factors are related to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease incidence in Thailand

Phuricha Phacharathonphakul, Kittipong Sornlorm

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2024.1300

1454

PDF: 378

HTML: 31

Nigeria’s malaria prevalence in 2015: a geospatial, exploratory district-level approach

Mina Whyte, Kennedy Mwai Wambui, Eustasius Musenge

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2024.1243

1042

PDF: 358

HTML: 78

Associating socio-economic factors with access to public healthcare facilities using geographically weighted regression in the city of Tshwane, South Africa

Thabiso Moeti, Tholang Mokhele, Solomon Tesfamichael

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2024.1288

1380

PDF: 430

HTML: 61

Identification and mapping of objects targeted for surveillance and their role as risk factors for brucellosis in livestock farms in Kazakhstan

Aizada A. Mukhanbetkaliyeva, Ablaikhan S. Kadyrov, Yersyn Y. Mukhanbetkaliyev, Zhanat S. Adilbekov, Assylbek A. Zhanabayev, Assem Z. Abenova, Fedor I. Korennoy, Sarsenbay K. Abdrakhmanov

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2024.1335

1110

PDF: 355

HTML: 45

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Early Access

A post-pandemic analysis of air pollution over small-sized urban areas in southern Thailand following the COVID-19 lockdown

Spatio-temporal analysis of foot traffic dynamics in Charleston County, South Carolina: before, during, and after COVID-19

Environmental and geographical factors influence malaria transmission in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

The future of spatial epidemiology in the AI era: enhancing machine learning approaches with explicit spatial structure

Dengue risk-mapping in an Amazonian locality in Colombia based on regression and multi-criteria analysis

Typhoid fever in Jakarta, Indonesia 2017-2023: spatial clustering and seasonality of hospitalization data to inform better intervention

Spatial autocorrelation pattern of COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Thailand 2021 and 2022

Spatial multilevel modelling male partners’ influence on women’s modern contraceptive use: a study in Angola and Zambia

Risk discrepancies in COVID-19-related community environments based on spatiotemporal monitoring

Sentiment analysis using a lexicon-based approach in Lisbon, Portugal

Moran’s I and Geary’s C: investigation of the effects of spatial weight matrices for assessing the distribution of infectious diseases

Land surface temperature predicts mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a study based on climate variables and impact machine learning

Design and implementation of a spatial database for analysis of wheelchair accessibility

Optimizing vaccination sites for infectious diseases based on heterogeneous travel modes in multiple scenarios

Local healthcare resources associated with unmet healthcare needs in South Korea: a spatial analysis

Prioritizing the location of vaccination centres during the COVID-19 pandemic by bike in the Netherlands

Impact of climate change on dengue fever: a bibliometric analysis

The future of general practitioner care in Lower Saxony, Germany: an analysis of actual vs target states using a GIS-based floating catchment area method

Integrating agent-based disease, mobility and wastewater models for the study of the spread of communicable diseases

Mapping livestock systems, bovine and caprine diseases in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Province, Chad

Socio-spatial vulnerability index of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexico in 2020

Spatial association of socioeconomic and health service factors with antibiotic self-medication in Thailand

Geographic distribution and demographic factors associated with use of a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) in Ethiopia

Geographical accessibility to healthcare by point-of–interest data from online maps: a comparative study

Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and attribution analysis of hepatitis A in mainland China

Socio-economic and environmental factors are related to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease incidence in Thailand

Nigeria’s malaria prevalence in 2015: a geospatial, exploratory district-level approach

Associating socio-economic factors with access to public healthcare facilities using geographically weighted regression in the city of Tshwane, South Africa

Identification and mapping of objects targeted for surveillance and their role as risk factors for brucellosis in livestock farms in Kazakhstan

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