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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 May;27(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.203583.
Detecting COVID-19 Clusters at High Spatiotemporal Resolution, New York City, New York, USA, June-July 2020
Sharon K Greene, Eric R Peterson, Dominique Balan, Lucretia Jones, Gretchen M Culp, Annie D Fine, Martin Kulldorff
Abstract
A surveillance system that uses census tract resolution and the SaTScan prospective space-time scan statistic detected clusters of increasing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 test percent positivity in New York City, NY, USA. Clusters included one in which patients attended the same social gathering and another that led to targeted testing and outreach.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; New York; New York City; SARS-CoV-2; USA; community outreach; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; epidemiology; geographic mapping; public health surveillance; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; space-time clustering; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 May;27(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.203583.
Detecting COVID-19 Clusters at High Spatiotemporal Resolution, New York City, New York, USA, June-July 2020
Sharon K Greene, Eric R Peterson, Dominique Balan, Lucretia Jones, Gretchen M Culp, Annie D Fine, Martin Kulldorff
- PMID: 33900181
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.203583
Abstract
A surveillance system that uses census tract resolution and the SaTScan prospective space-time scan statistic detected clusters of increasing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 test percent positivity in New York City, NY, USA. Clusters included one in which patients attended the same social gathering and another that led to targeted testing and outreach.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; New York; New York City; SARS-CoV-2; USA; community outreach; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; epidemiology; geographic mapping; public health surveillance; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; space-time clustering; viruses; zoonoses.