A descriptive analysis of the Spatio-temporal distribution of intestinal infectious diseases in China

Mao, Ying; Zhang, Ning; Zhu, Bin; Liu, Jinlin; He, Rongxin

On the other hand, the academic world gradually began to realize the importance of performing spatial analysis of infectious diseases. Zhang et al. conducted a space-time scan analysis of HFMD in Liaocheng City in China from 2007 to 2011 at the town level [14] . The distribution of the identified cluster was described in the article. Zheng et al. mapped the incidence rate and coefficient of determinants of HFMD to present and identify the most severely affected areas and the most influential determinants [15] . As shown in the study by Wang et al., the typhoid prevalence is spatially clustered and exhibits a gradually decreasing trend [16] . According to Ma et al., bacillary dysentery is not equally distributed across Sichuan Province in China [17] . Nie et al. used a spatial correlation analysis to explore the associations between selected factors and bacillary dysentery in Guangxi Province in China [18] . The spatial analysis visually displayed the discrepancies among different regions, which would be able to present additional results if combined with the temporal analysis.