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Published on: November 5, 2019
Space-time cluster analysis of invasive meningococcal disease
Christian J P A Hoebe1, Hester de Melker, Lodewijk Spanjaard
1Eastern South Limburg Municipal Public Health Service, Heerlen, the Netherlands. hoebec@ggdozl.nl
Abstract:
Clusters are recognized when meningococcal cases of the same phenotypic strain (markers: serogroup, serotype, and subtype) occur in spatial and temporal proximity. The incidence of such clusters was compared to the incidence that would be expected by chance by using space-time nearest-neighbor analysis of 4,887 confirmed invasive meningococcal cases identified in the 9-year surveillance period 1993-2001 in the Netherlands. Clustering beyond chance only occurred among the closest neighboring cases (comparable to secondary cases) and was small (3.1%, 95% confidence interval 2.1%-4.1%).
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