Discovery of under immunized spatial clusters using network scan statistics

Discovery of under immunized spatial clusters using network scan statistics

Abstract Background Clusters of under-vaccinated children are emerging in a number of states in the United States due to rising rates of vaccine hesitancy and refusal. As the measles outbreaks in California and other states in 2015 and in Minnesota in 2017 showed, such clusters can pose a significan...

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Main Authors: Jose Cadena, David Falcone, Achla Marathe, Anil Vullikanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Undervaccination
Spatial clustering
Scan statistics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-018-0706-7

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