Spatial methods for infectious disease outbreak investigations: Systematic literature review

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 1-21

  Smith, Catherine M ^a   Le Comber, S C ^b   Fry, H ^a   Bull, M ^c   Leach, S ^c   Hayward, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; JAUNDICE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MEASLES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943565012     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.39.30026     Document Type: Review

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