Early Detection of Tuberculosis Outbreaks among the San Francisco Homeless: Trade-Offs Between Spatial Resolution and Temporal Scale

Brandon W. Higgs; Mojdeh Mohtashemi; Jennifer Grinsdale; L. Masae Kawamura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001284

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Early Detection of Tuberculosis Outbreaks among the San Francisco Homeless: Trade-Offs Between Spatial Resolution and Temporal Scale

Brandon W. Higgs ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bhiggs100@yahoo.com

Affiliation MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, United States of America
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Mojdeh Mohtashemi,

Affiliations MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jennifer Grinsdale,

Affiliation Tuberculosis (TB) Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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L. Masae Kawamura

Affiliation Tuberculosis (TB) Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Early Detection of Tuberculosis Outbreaks among the San Francisco Homeless: Trade-Offs Between Spatial Resolution and Temporal Scale

Brandon W. Higgs,
Mojdeh Mohtashemi,
Jennifer Grinsdale,
L. Masae Kawamura

Published: December 12, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001284

About the Authors

Brandon W. Higgs

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bhiggs100@yahoo.com

Affiliation MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, United States of America

Mojdeh Mohtashemi

Affiliations MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer Grinsdale

Affiliation Tuberculosis (TB) Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America

L. Masae Kawamura

Affiliation Tuberculosis (TB) Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH MM. Analyzed the data: BH MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK BH JG. Wrote the paper: BH MM. Other: Designed the experiments the study: BH. Wrote the first draft of the paper: BH.

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