Spatiotemporal distribution and sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with primary and secondary syphilis in Guangdong, China, 2005–2017

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 15; no. 8; p. e0009621
• Main Authors: Tang, Shangqing, Shi, Lishuo, Chen, Wen, Zhao, Peizhen, Zheng, Heping, Yang, Bin, Wang, Cheng, Ling, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.08.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Autocorrelation; Biology and Life Sciences; Data models; Demographic aspects; Disease prevention; Distribution; Earth Sciences; Economic development; Economic growth; Economics; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Hypotheses; Infectious diseases; Information systems; Lagrange multiplier; Medicine and Health Sciences; Per capita; Population density; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social factors; Social Sciences; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic data; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomics; Spacetime; Spatial data; Spatial distribution; STD; Syphilis; Temporal distribution; Tertiary; Tropical diseases; Variables; China; United States > US; Guangdong China

Background Previous studies exploring the factors associated with the incidence of syphilis have mostly focused on individual-level factors. However, recent evidence has indicated that social-level factors, such as sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors, also affect the incidence of syphilis. St...