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Geographic Surveillance and Hotspot Detection for Homeland Security: West Nile Virus: An Illustration of the Early Warning Capability of the Scan Statistic
Overview West Nile virus is a serious mosquito-borne disease. The mosquito vector bites both humans and birds. Scan statistical detection of dead bird clusters provides an early crisis warning and allows targeted public education and increased mosquito control. All unique non-pigeon dead bird reports were categorized as 'cases' if occurring in the prior 7 days and 'controls' if occurring during a historic baseline. The most likely cluster area was determined using the scan statistic and its statistical significance was evaluated using Monte Carlo hypothesis testing. Analyses were performed in a prospective simulation for 2000 and in real-time during 2001.
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | February 2005 | Downloads | 1 |
| Format | Case Studies | ||
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