Geographic prediction of tuberculosis clusters in Fukuoka, Japan, using the space-time scan statistic
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a global public health epidemic in recent years. Although evaluating local disease clusters leads to effective prevention and control of TB, there are few, if any, spatiotemporal comparisons for epi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-04-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/7/26 |