The spatio-temporal analysis of the incidence of tuberculosis and the associated factors in mainland China, 2009-2015

Tuberculosis is still one of the most infectious diseases in China. This study aimed to explore the spatio-temporal distribution of TB and the associated factors in mainland China from 2009 to 2015.A Bayesian spatio-temporal model was utilized to analyse the correlation of socio-economic, healthcare, demographic and meteorological factors with the population level number of TB.The Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis showed that for the population...