The Spatial Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Infections and Associated Determinants—An Application of a Geographically Weighted Poisson Regression for Evidence-Based Screening Interventions in Hotspots

• Boris Kauhl ,

  * E-mail: boris.kauhl@maastrichtuniversity.nl

  Affiliation Department of Health, Ethics and Society, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Jeanne Heil,

  Affiliation Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, South Limburg Public Health Service (GGD Zuid Limburg), Geleen, The Netherlands

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• Christian J. P. A. Hoebe,

  Affiliations Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, South Limburg Public Health Service (GGD Zuid Limburg), Geleen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Jürgen Schweikart,

  Affiliation Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Department III, Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics, Berlin, Germany

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• Thomas Krafft,

  Affiliation Department of Health, Ethics and Society, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers

  Affiliations Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, South Limburg Public Health Service (GGD Zuid Limburg), Geleen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands

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