Space-Time Cluster Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease
Open Access
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (9), 1621-1626
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1009.030992
Abstract
Field clusters are commonly misinterpreted as clusters and would require genotyping to rule out misclassification.Keywords
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