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  • The Utility of Space-Time Surveillance for Tuberculosis

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    Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a global health epidemic in recent years. Although several researchers have examined the use of space-time surveillance to detect TB clusters, they have not used genetic information to… read more
    … genetic information to verify that detected clusters are due to person-to-person transmission. Using genetic … we sought to determine whether detected clusters were due to recent transmission.   Objective This paper describes … spacetime surveillance to detect genetic clusters of TB due to person-to-person spread. Document …
  • The influence of address errors on detecting outbreaks of campylobacteriosis

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    Mandatory notification to public health of priority communicable diseases (CDs) is a cornerstone of disease prevention and control programs. Increasingly, the addresses of CD cases are used for spatial monitoring and cluster detection… read more
    … surveillance data. We identified address errors in 25% of all reported cases of communicable diseases from 1995 to … University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and 3Direction de Santé Publique, Agence de la Santé et des services … surveillance data. We identified address errors in 25% of all reported cases of communicable diseases from 1995 to …
  • Quantifying the potential benefit of early detection for preventing morbidity and mortality: a simulation study of cryptosporidium outbreak

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    Many studies evaluate the timeliness and accuracy of outbreak detection algorithms used in syndromic surveillance. Of greater interest, however, is defining the outcome associated with improved detection. In case of a waterborne cryptosporidiosis… read more
    … University, Montréal, Canada; 2École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; and 3Direction de Santé Publique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada E-mail: … outbreak with a 72-hour treatment plant failure. In all experiments, we measured the total number of disease …