Vol. 12 No. 1 (2017)

Editorials

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  Climate and the distribution of vector-borne diseases: what's in store?

  Robert Bergquist

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.549

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Reviews

2 articles

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  Estimating small area health-related characteristics of populations: a methodological review

  Azizur Rahman

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.495

  • 4,689 abstract views
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  Spatial epidemiology of cancer: a review of data sources, methods and risk factors

  Rita Roquette, Marco Painho, Baltazar Nunes

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.504

  • 8,965 abstract views
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Original Articles

16 articles

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  Impact of climate variability on the occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran

  Farideh Azimi, Sadegh Shirian, Saranaz Jangjoo, Arman Ai, Tahereh Abbasi

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.478

  • 3,394 abstract views
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  Spatio-temporal dynamics of schistosomiasis in Rwanda between 2001 and 2012: impact of the national Neglected Tropical Disease control programme

  Elias Nyandwi, Tom Veldkamp, Frank Badu Osei, Sherif Amer

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.514

  • 3,702 abstract views
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  Comparison of the spatial patterns of schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe at two points in time, spaced twenty-nine years apart: is climate variability of importance?

  Ulrik B. Pedersen, Dimitrios-Alexios Karagiannis-Voules, Nicholas Midzi, Tkafira Mduluza, Samson Mukaratirwa, Rasmus Fensholt, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Thomas K. Kristensen, Penelope Vounatsou, Anna-Sofie Stensgaard

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.505

  • 3,820 abstract views
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  Child mortality inequalities across Rwanda districts: a geoadditive continuous-time survival analysis

  François Niragire, Thomas N.O. Achia, Alexandre Lyambabaje, Joseph Ntaganira

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.450

  • 3,434 abstract views
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  Epidemiological aspects and spatial distribution of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in northeastern Brazil

  Roseane Campos, Márcio Santos, Gabriel Tunon, Luana Cunha, Lucas Magalhães, Juliana Moraes, Danielle Ramalho, Sanmy Lima, José Antônio Pacheco, Michael Lipscomb, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, Roque Pacheco de Almeida

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.503

  • 6,227 abstract views
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  Fine scale mapping of malaria infection clusters by using routinely collected health facility data in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  Yeromin P. Mlacha, Prosper P. Chaki, Alpha D. Malishee, Victoria M. Mwakalinga, Nicodem J. Govella, Alex J. Limwagu, John M. Paliga, Daniel F. Msellemu, Zawadi D. Mageni, Dianne J. Terlouw, Gerry F. Killeen, Stefan Dongus

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.494

  • 5,210 abstract views
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  Geographic clustering of elderly people with above-norm anthropometric measurements and blood chemistry

  Carlos Mena, Eduardo Fuentes, Yony Ormazábal, Iván Palomo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.523

  • 3,161 abstract views
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  Use of geographical information systems for delimiting health service areas in China

  Xuechen Xiong, Li Luo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.486

  • 2,717 abstract views
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  An analysis of the process and results of manual geocode correction

  Yolanda J. McDonald, Michael Schwind, Daniel W. Goldberg, Amanda Lampley, Cosette M. Wheeler

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.526

  • 2,754 abstract views
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  Comparing the accuracy of food outlet datasets in an urban environment

  Michelle S. Wong, Jennifer M. Peyton, Timothy M. Shields, Frank C. Curriero, Kimberly A. Gudzune

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.546

  • 2,631 abstract views
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  Spatial accessibility to basic public health services in South Sudan

  Peter M. Macharia, Paul O. Ouma, Ezekiel G. Gogo, Robert W. Snow, Abdisalan M. Noor

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.510

  • 9,784 abstract views
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  Assessing effects of structural zeros on models of canine cancer incidence: a case study of the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry

  Gianluca Boo, Stefan Leyk, Sara Irina Fabrikant, Andreas Pospischil, Ramona Graf

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.539

  • 3,901 abstract views
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  Haemodialysis services in the northeastern region of Iran

  Behzad Kiani, Nasser Bagheri, Ahmad Tara, Benyamin Hoseini, Mahmoud Tara

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.561

  • 4,693 abstract views
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  Neonatal mortality in East Africa and West Africa: a geographic analysis of district-level demographic and health survey data

  Sue C. Grady, April N. Frake, Qiong Zhang, Matlhogonolo Bene, Demetrice R. Jordan, Joshua Vertalka, Thania C. Dossantos, Ameen Kadhim, Judith Namanya, Lisa-Marie Pierre, Yi Fan, Peiling Zhou, Fatoumata B. Barry, Libbey Kutch

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.501

  • 11,323 abstract views
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  Point process methods in epidemiology: application to the analysis of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome mortality in urban areas

  Jose Antonio Quesada, Inmaculada Melchor, Andreu Nolasco

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.506

  • 2,111 abstract views
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  Spatial analysis of the regional variation of reproductive tract infections and spousal migration correlates in Nepal

  Derek C. Johnson, Pema Lhaki, Charlotte Buehler Cherry, Mirjam-Colette Kempf, Eric Chamot, Sten H. Vermund, Sadeep Shrestha

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.513

  • 2,821 abstract views
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Short Communications

1 article

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  Cystic echinococcosis in cattle dairy farms: spatial distribution and epidemiological dynamics

  Antonio Scala, Antonio Bosco, Anna Paola Pipia, Claudia Tamponi, Vincenzo Musella, Nicola Costanzo, Francesco Testoni, Antonio Montisci, Giovanni Mocci, Alessandro Longhi, Laura Tilocca, Laura Rinaldi, Giuseppe Cringoli, Antonio Varcasia

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.562

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