Cluster detection with random neighbourhood covering: Application to invasive Group A Streptococcal disease

Massimo Cavallaro; Juliana Coelho; Derren Ready; Valerie Decraene; Theresa Lamagni; Noel D. McCarthy; Dan Todkill; Matt J. Keeling

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010726

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Cluster detection with random neighbourhood covering: Application to invasive Group A Streptococcal disease

Massimo Cavallaro ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: m.cavallaro@warwick.ac.uk

Affiliations The Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, School of Life Sciences and Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2365-6024

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Juliana Coelho,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom
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Derren Ready,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom, Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Valerie Decraene,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom
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Theresa Lamagni,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3965-8323

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Noel D. McCarthy,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, Institute of Population Health, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, 2 Dublin, Ireland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-1017

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Dan Todkill,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Matt J. Keeling

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology & Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, School of Life Sciences and Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4639-4765

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Cluster detection with random neighbourhood covering: Application to invasive Group A Streptococcal disease

Massimo Cavallaro,
Juliana Coelho,
Derren Ready,
Valerie Decraene,
Theresa Lamagni,
Noel D. McCarthy,
Dan Todkill,
Matt J. Keeling

Published: November 30, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010726
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