Spatio-temporal co-occurrence of hotspots of tuberculosis, poverty and air pollution in Lima, Peru.

Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar; Alvaro Schwalb ORCID logo; Kelly Tello-Lizarraga; Percy Vega-Guerovich; Cesar Ugarte-Gil; (2020) Spatio-temporal co-occurrence of hotspots of tuberculosis, poverty and air pollution in Lima, Peru. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 9 (1). 32-. ISSN 2049-9957 DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-00647-w
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Growing evidence suggests pollution and other environmental factors have a role in the development of tuberculosis (TB), however, such studies have never been conducted in Peru. Considering the association between air pollution and specific geographic areas, our objective was to determine the spatial distribution and clustering of TB incident cases in Lima and their co-occurrence with clusters of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and poverty. We found co-occurrences of clusters of elevated concentrations of air pollutants such as PM2.5, high poverty indexes, and high TB incidence in Lima. These findings suggest an interplay of socio-economic and environmental in driving TB incidence.


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