A Space–Time Permutation Scan Statistic for Disease Outbreak Detection

• Martin Kulldorff ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: martin_kulldorff@hms.harvard.edu

  Affiliation Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Richard Heffernan,

  Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Jessica Hartman,

  Affiliations New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Renato Assunção,

  Affiliation Departamento de Estatistica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Farzad Mostashari

  Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America

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