Space-Time Cluster Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hoebe, Christian J.P.A. ; de Melker, Hester ; Spanjaard, Lodewijk ; Dankert, Jacob ; Nagelkerke, Nico
• Description:
  Clusters are recognized when meningococcal cases of the same phenotypic strain (markers: serogroup, serotype, and subtype) occur in spatial and temporal proximity. The incidence of such clusters was compared to the incidence that would be expected by chance by using space-time nearest-neighbor analysis of 4,887 confirmed invasive meningococcal cases identified in the 9-year surveillance period 1993-2001 in the Netherlands. Clustering beyond chance only occurred among the closest neighboring cases (comparable to secondary cases) and was small (3.1%, 95% confidence interval 2.1%-4.1%).
• Subjects:
  Cluster Analysis Disease Outbreaks Humans Invasive Meningococcal Disease Meningococcal Infections Nearest-neighbor Neisseria Meningitidis Netherlands Outbreak Population Surveillance Research Secondary Cases Space-time Analysis Space-Time Clustering

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1621-1626.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:50860964240a643646a859014d1f727aeb3e4d73e354c47727c946967b32c4ce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14544/cdc_14544_DS1.pdf
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