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Spatial cluster detection in schools using school catchment information
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The H1N1 outbreak in the spring of 2009 in NYC originated in a school in Queens before spreading to others nearby. Active surveillance established epidemiological links between students at the school and new cases at other schools through… read more… percentage of enrollment and total influenza-like illness visits. For each day, the observed values were compared with … significant activity: 28 April 2009–30 April 2009 and 13 May 2009–1 June 2009. The former period reported nine … schools have increased absenteeism or school nurse visits. The analysis has a couple of limitations: (1) a …