Refining Historical Limits Method to Improve Disease Cluster Detection, New York City, New York, USA

Since the early 2000s, the Bureau of Communicable Disease of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has analyzed reportable infectious disease data weekly by using the historical limits method to detect unusual clusters that could represent outbreaks. This method typically produce...

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Main Authors: Alison Levin-Rector, Elisha L. Wilson, Annie D. Fine, Sharon K. Greene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-0098_article