Neeraj Tiwari|Chandralatha Adhikari|Ajoy Tewari|Vineeta Kandpal
Investigation of geo-spatial hotspots for the occurrence of tuberculosis in Almora district, India, using GIS and spatial scan statistic.
Kumaun University|Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College
world health organization declared tuberculosis global emergency 1993 estimated one third world population infected mycobacterium tuberculosis causative agent tuberculosis emergence tbhiv coinfection poses additional challenge control tuberculosis throughout world world health organization supporting many developing countries eradicate tuberculosis agony one fifth tuberculosis patients worldwide india eradication tuberculosis greatest public health challenge developing country aim present population based study mycobacterium tuberculosis test large set tuberculosis cases presence statistically significant geographical clusters spatial scan statistic used identify purely spatial spacetime clusters tuberculosis significant p 005 primary clusters p 01 secondary clusters high rate spatial spacetime clusters identified three areas district sufficient evidence existence statistically significant tuberculosis clusters almora district uttaranchal india spatial scan statistics methodology used study potential use surveillance tuberculosis detecting true clusters disease