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A simulation study of three methods for detecting disease clusters

Geir Aamodt*, Sven O Samuelsen and Anders Skrondal

International Journal of Health Geographics 2006, 5:15 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-15

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Detection of clusters of a rare disease over a large territory: performance of cluster detection methods

Stéphanie Goujon-Bellec, Claire Demoury, Aurélie Guyot-Goubin, Denis Hémon, Jacqueline Clavel International Journal of Health Geographics 2011, 10:53 (4 October 2011)

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A power comparison of generalized additive models and the spatial scan statistic in a case-control setting

Robin L Young, Janice Weinberg, Verónica Vieira, Al Ozonoff, Thomas F Webster International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9:37 (19 July 2010)

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Bayesian mapping of pulmonary tuberculosis in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Rindra V Randremanana, Vincent Richard, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Philippe Sabatier, Dominique J Bicout BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:21 (5 February 2010)

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Evaluation of the performance of tests for spatial randomness on prostate cancer data

Virginia L Hinrichsen, Ann C Klassen, Changhong Song, Martin Kulldorff International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:41 (3 July 2009)

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Geographical clustering of lung cancer in the province of Lecce, Italy: 1992–2001

Massimo Bilancia, Alessandro Fedespina International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:40 (1 July 2009)

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Using the SaTScan method to detect local malaria clusters for guiding malaria control programmes

Marlize Coleman, Michael Coleman, Aaron M Mabuza, Gerdalize Kok, Maureen Coetzee, David N Durrheim Malaria Journal 2009, 8:68 (17 April 2009)

Understanding the clustering of malaria cases is important for targeting control efforts at local levels, especially in areas of low malaria transmission.

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An empirical comparison of spatial scan statistics for outbreak detection

Daniel B Neill International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:20 (16 April 2009)

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Comparison of Poisson and Bernoulli spatial cluster analyses of pediatric injuries in a fire district

Craig R Warden International Journal of Health Geographics 2008, 7:51 (22 September 2008)

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Tracking the spatial diffusion of influenza and norovirus using telehealth data: A spatiotemporal analysis of syndromic data

Duncan L Cooper, Gillian E Smith, Martyn Regan, Shirley Large, Peter P Groenewegen BMC Medicine 2008, 6:16 (26 June 2008)

Spatio-temporal analyses of UK national telehealth data using SaTScan provides a novel means of tracking fever as a proxy for influenza virus outbreaks and may prove useful for the timely and effective implementation of infection control measures.

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A procedure to characterize geographic distributions of rare disorders in cohorts

Karla C Van Meter, Lasse E Christiansen, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Rahman Azari, Tim E Carpenter International Journal of Health Geographics 2008, 7:26 (28 May 2008)

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A comparison of spatial clustering and cluster detection techniques for childhood leukemia incidence in Ohio, 1996 – 2003

David C Wheeler International Journal of Health Geographics 2007, 6:13 (27 March 2007)