OBJECTIVE: This paper examines whether or not topography is a contextual variable that
indirectly influences the transmission of infectious diseases. Age, gender, race/ethnicity …

This study was undertaken to investigate geographic residence in Vancouver's Downtown
Eastside (DTES), Canada's poorest urban neighborhood, as an environmental risk factor for …

I nfectious disease rates are often reported at a state ornational level, yet transmission
operates at a muchfiner spatial scale. In the case of an infection such as the human …

Infectious diseases vary by geographic region and population, and they change over time.
Increasingly, humans are moving from one region to another, thereby becoming exposed to …

We assessed prevalent HIV cases in Atlanta to examine case distribution trends and
population characteristics at the census tract level that may be associated with clustering …

The objective of this study is to describe the relationship between socio-demographic
characteristics and the geographic distribution of persons with HIV in the metropolitan area …

The northwest border city of Tijuana is Mexico's fifth largest and is experiencing burgeoning
drug use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics. Because local geography …

Spatial analyses of HIV/AIDS related outcomes are growing in popularity as a tool to
understand geographic changes in the epidemic and inform the effectiveness of community …

Background Clusters of HIV diagnoses in time and space and clusters of genetically linked
cases can both serve as alerts for directing prevention and treatment activities. We assessed …

Neighborhood-level structural interventions are needed to address HIV/AIDS in highly
affected areas. To develop these interventions, we need a better understanding of …