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Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2015, Pages 337 - 346

Analyzing seasonality of tuberculosis across Indian states and union territories

Authors
Pankaj Narulaa, Praveer Sihotaa, Sarita Azada, *, sarita@iitmandi.ac.in, Pietro Liob
aSchool of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi 175001, Himachal Pradesh, India
bComputer Laboratory, William Gates Building 15, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FD, University of Cambridge, UK
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Received 29 November 2014, Revised 4 February 2015, Accepted 6 February 2015, Available Online 18 March 2015.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2015.02.004How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Tuberculosis; Seasonality; Poisson regression; Smear positive cases; Temperature
Abstract

A significant seasonal variation in tuberculosis (TB) is observed in north India during 2006–2011, particularly in states like Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. To quantify the seasonal variation, we measure average amplitude (peak to trough distance) across seasons in smear positive cases of TB and observe that it is maximum for Himachal Pradesh (40.01%) and minimum for Maharashtra (3.87%). In north India, smear positive cases peak in second quarter (April–June) and reach a trough in fourth quarter (October–December), however low seasonal variation is observed in southern region of the country. The significant correlations as 0.64 (p-value < 0.001), 0.54 (p-value < 0.01) and 0.42 (p-value < 0.05) are observed between minimum temperature and seasonality of TB at lag-1 in north, central and northeast India respectively. However, in south India, this correlation is not significant.

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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
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337 - 346
Publication Date
2015/03/18
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DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2015.02.004How to use a DOI?
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