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A Space–Time Permutation Scan Statistic for Disease Outbreak Detection
PLoS Medicine · 2005 · Vol. 2(3) · pp. e59–e59
Martin Kulldorff✉(Harvard University)Richard Heffernan(New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)Jessica Hartman(New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)Renato Assunção(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)Farzad Mostashari(New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
Abstract
If such results hold up over longer study times and in other locations, the space-time permutation scan statistic will be an important tool for local and national health departments that are setting up early disease detection surveillance systems.
Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceFood Safety and HygieneMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy CowsScan statisticOutbreakStatisticDiseasePermutation (music)MedicineComputer scienceVirologyStatisticsMathematics
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Data Interpretation, StatisticalDisease OutbreaksEmergency Service, HospitalGeographyHumansModels, TheoreticalNew York CityPopulation SurveillanceTime Factors
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- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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