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

Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar; Alvaro Schwalb; Kelly Tello-Lizarraga; Percy Vega-Guerovich; Cesar Ugarte-Gil

doi:10.1186/s40249-020-00647-w

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

Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar
, Alvaro Schwalb
, Kelly Tello-Lizarraga
, Percy Vega-Guerovich
, Cesar Ugarte-Gil

Department of Medicine
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad del Pacífico
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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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 (PM_2.5) and poverty. We found co-occurrences of clusters of elevated concentrations of air pollutants such as PM_2.5, high poverty indexes, and high TB incidence in Lima. These findings suggest an interplay of socio-economic and environmental in driving TB incidence.

Original language	English
Article number	32
Journal	Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00647-w
State	Published - 24 Mar 2020

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Tuberculosis

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