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 pol...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(PM2.5)and poverty.We found co-occurrences of clusters of elevated concentrations of air pollutants such as PM2.5,high poverty indexes,and high TB incidence in Lima.These findings suggest an interplay of socio-economic and environmental in driving TB incidence.展开更多
Studies have investigated the effects of heat and temperature variability(TV)on mortality.However,few assessed whether TV modifies the heat-mortality association.Data on daily temperature and mortality in the warm sea...Studies have investigated the effects of heat and temperature variability(TV)on mortality.However,few assessed whether TV modifies the heat-mortality association.Data on daily temperature and mortality in the warm season were collected from 717 locations across 36 countries.TV was calculated as the standard deviation of the average of the same and previous days’minimum and maximum temperatures.展开更多
基金Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar was supported by NIH/Fogarty International Center Global Infectious Diseases Training Program (D43 TW007120)The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
文摘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(PM2.5)and poverty.We found co-occurrences of clusters of elevated concentrations of air pollutants such as PM2.5,high poverty indexes,and high TB incidence in Lima.These findings suggest an interplay of socio-economic and environmental in driving TB incidence.
基金This study was supported by the Australian Research Council(DP210102076)the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council(APP2000581)+12 种基金Y.W and B.W.were supported by the China Scholarship Council(nos.202006010044 and 202006010043)S.L.was supported by an Emerging Leader Fellowship of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council(no.APP2009866)Y.G.was supported by Career Development Fellowship(no.APP1163693)and Leader Fellowship(no.APP2008813)of the Australian National Health and Medical Research CouncilJ.K.and A.U.were supported by the Czech Science Foundation(project no.20-28560S)N.S.was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-funded HERCULES Center(no.P30ES019776)Y.H.was supported by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund(JPMEERF15S11412)of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation AgencyM.d.S.Z.S.C.and P.H.N.S.were supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP)H.O.and E.I.were supported by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research(IUT34-17)J.M.was supported by a fellowship of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnlogia(SFRH/BPD/115112/2016)A.G.and F.S.were supported by the Medical Research Council UK(grant ID MR/R013349/1),the Natural Environment Research Council UK(grant ID NE/R009384/1),and the EU’s Horizon 2020 project,Exhaustion(grant ID 820655)A.S.and F.d.D.were supported by the EU’s Horizon 2020 project,Exhaustion(grant ID 820655)V.H.was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy,Industry and Competitiveness(grant ID PCIN-2017-046)A.T.byMCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033(grant CEX2018-000794-S).Statistics South Africa kindly provided the mortality data,but had no other role in the study.
文摘Studies have investigated the effects of heat and temperature variability(TV)on mortality.However,few assessed whether TV modifies the heat-mortality association.Data on daily temperature and mortality in the warm season were collected from 717 locations across 36 countries.TV was calculated as the standard deviation of the average of the same and previous days’minimum and maximum temperatures.
