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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 ;
Hoebe, Christian J.P.A. ; de Melker, Hester ; Spanjaard, Lodewijk ; Dankert, Jacob ; Nagelkerke, Nico ; Less -
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%).
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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
Research

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1621-1626.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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