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Daily Reportable Disease Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection, New York City, New York, USA, 2014-2015.

ABSTRACT: Each day, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene uses the free SaTScan software to apply prospective space-time permutation scan statistics to strengthen early outbreak detection for 35 reportable diseases. This method prompted early detection of outbreaks of community-acquired legionellosis and shigellosis.

SUBMITTER: Greene SK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5038417 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Daily Reportable Disease Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection, New York City, New York, USA, 2014-2015.

Greene Sharon K SK Peterson Eric R ER Kapell Deborah D Fine Annie D AD Kulldorff Martin M

Emerging infectious diseases 20161001 10

Each day, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene uses the free SaTScan software to apply prospective space-time permutation scan statistics to strengthen early outbreak detection for 35 reportable diseases. This method prompted early detection of outbreaks of community-acquired legionellosis and shigellosis. ...[more]

PMID: 27648777

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