Space - time spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in 2 states: A preliminary analysis

Author

Kloc, Michelle ; Nicogossian, Candidate Arnauld ; Koizumi, Naoru ; Patel, Amit

Author_Institution

Center for the Study of Int. Med. Policies & Practices, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This study preliminarily assesses spatial patterns of the spread of two common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, in Virginia and California. In particular, we ask how spread patterns correlate with locations of recently deployed military personnel. In Virginia, higher prevalence rates of STDs were found almost consistently in the counties with or adjacent to military installations. However, the equivalent correlation was not found in California.

Keywords

diseases; medical information systems; military systems; California; Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; Virginia; equivalent correlation; military installations; military personnel; sexually transmitted diseases; space-time spread; Diseases; Geographic Information Systems; Monitoring; Personnel; Public policy; Recruitment; Statistics; Terrorism; Testing; US Department of Defense; Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; STDs; Space-time spread; military;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoinformatics, 2009 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Fairfax, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4562-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4563-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GEOINFORMATICS.2009.5292971

Filename

5292971