Identifying hotspots of human anthrax transmission using three local clustering techniques

Applied Geography

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-36

  Barro, Alassane S ^a   Kracalik, Ian T ^a   Malania, Lile ^b   Tsertsvadze, Nikoloz ^b   Manvelyan, Julietta ^b   Imnadze, Paata ^b   Blackburn, Jason K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for Disease Control and Public Health   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Cluster morphology; Cluster sensitivity analyses; Cluster specificity analyses; Georgia; Human cutaneous anthrax; Local spatial clusters

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHRAX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84936951491     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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