Pulmonary Tuberculosis Clusters in Tétouan, Morocco, 2019-2023

Ayoub Ez-Zari's dataset contains spatial-temporal clusters of pulmonary tuberculosis cases detected using the SaTScan software. The data covers the city of Tétouan, Morocco, from 2019 to 2023 and is stored in a 9.5 KB XLS file. It was last updated on April 20,我们发现了一个问题。

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk areas for tuberculosis transmission based on detected spatial clusters.
• Analyze temporal trends in tuberculosis incidence over a five-year period.
• Validate or compare spatial scan statistics (SaTScan) methodologies for disease surveillance.
• Inform local public health intervention planning in Tétouan based on cluster locations.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific five-year time range from 2019 to 2023.
• Focuses on a defined geographic area: Tétouan, Morocco.
• Uses a recognized spatial analysis method (SaTScan) for cluster detection.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.

Provenance

Source

Ayoub Ez-Zari via figshare.

Collection Method

Clusters detected using SaTScan software.

Time Range

2019 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 17:40:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tétouan, Morocco