Geographical variation of sporadic Legionnaires' disease analysed in a grid model

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Rudbeck, M ^a,b   Jepsen, M R ^a   Sonne, I B ^c   Uldum, S A ^a   Viskum, S ^b   Molbak K ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Aalborg County ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geographical information systems; Legionella; Legionnaire's disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; VALIDITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 73349141144     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990185     Document Type: Article

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