Changing socioeconomic indicators of human plague, New Mexico, USA.
Socioeconomic indicators associated with temporal changes in the distribution of human plague cases in New Mexico were investigated for 1976-2007. In the 1980s, cases were more likely in census block groups with poor housing conditions, but by the 2000s, cases were associated with affluent areas concentrated in the Santa Fe-Albuquerque region.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. schotthoefer.anna@mcrf.mfl dclin.edu
Anna M
AM
Schotthoefer
Rebecca J
RJ
Eisen
Kiersten J
KJ
Kugeler
Paul
P
Ettestad
Pamela J
PJ
Reynolds
Ted
T
Brown
Russell E
RE
Enscore
James
J
Cheek
Rudy
R
Bueno
Joseph
J
Targhetta
John A
JA
Montenieri
Kenneth L
KL
Gage
D019352:Censuses; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D009516:New Mexico; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011203:Poverty; D012621:Seasons; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D015010:Yersinia pestis