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- Title
A space-time permutation scan statistic for disease outbreak detection.
- Authors
Kulldorff, Martin; Heffernan, Richard; Hartman, Jessica; Assunção, Renato; Mostashari, Farzad
- Abstract
The ability to detect disease outbreaks early is important in order to minimize morbidity and mortality through timely implementation of disease prevention and control measures. Many national, state, and local health departments are launching disease surveillance systems with daily analyses of hospital emergency department visits, ambulance dispatch calls, or pharmacy sales for which population-at-risk information is unavailable or irrelevant.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2005, Vol 2, Issue 3, pe59
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0020059