Spatiotemporal clusters of acute respiratory infections associated with socioeconomic, meteorological, and air pollution factors in South Punjab, Pakistan
Our study provides evidence about environmental and socio-economic factors significantly associated with ARI incidence. In addition, this study provides the first baseline of ARI cases in Pakistan to plan for intervention and adaptation strategies and may be replicated in other regions of comparable settings worldwide.
Authors
- Ibtisam Butt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-7540)
- Oliver Gruebner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9783-4770)
- Munazza Fatima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-9001)
- Behzad Kiani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8816-328X)
- Shahab MohammadEbrahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1494-1544)
Institutions
- University of Lucerne (CH)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- Islamia University of Bahawalpur (PK)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21741-4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.47