A Space–Time Permutation Scan Statistic for Disease Outbreak Detection

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Authors

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.

Topics & Keywords

Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Food Safety and Hygiene Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. e59-e59

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020059

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