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Abstract #300350

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Activity Number:	323
Type:	Invited
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor:	Cmte on Statisticians in Defense and National Security
Abstract - #300350
Title:	The Distribution of Interpoint Distances, Cluster Detection, and Syndromic Surveillance
Author(s):	Marcello Pagano*+ and Marco Bonetti and Laura Forsberg and Al Ozonoff
Companies:	Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard University and Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard School of Public Health
Address:	Building II, Room 449, Boston, MA, 02115-6009,
Keywords:	detection power ; spatial distribution
Abstract:	Syndromic surveillance with triggers determined by too many individuals is enhanced by simultaneously considering the spatial distribution of the individual cases. The frequency distribution of the distances between individuals can be used to study the normal spatial distribution of individuals; especially when this distribution is used to detect clusters, or outbreaks. We investigate this problem and study the increase in detection power.

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