Is the current pertussis incidence only the results of testing? A spatial and space-time analysis of pertussis surveillance data using cluster detection methods and geographically weighted regression modelling

Boris Kauhl; Jeanne Heil; Christian J. P. A. Hoebe; Jürgen Schweikart; Thomas Krafft; Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172383

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Is the current pertussis incidence only the results of testing? A spatial and space-time analysis of pertussis surveillance data using cluster detection methods and geographically weighted regression modelling

Boris Kauhl ,

* E-mail: boris.kauhl@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Health, Ethics and Society, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Jeanne Heil,

Affiliations Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, South Limburg Public Health Service (GGD Zuid Limburg), Geleen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Christian J. P. A. Hoebe,

Affiliations Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, South Limburg Public Health Service (GGD Zuid Limburg), Geleen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Jürgen Schweikart,

Affiliation Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Department III, Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics, Berlin, Germany
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Thomas Krafft,

Affiliation Department of Health, Ethics and Society, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers

Affiliations Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, South Limburg Public Health Service (GGD Zuid Limburg), Geleen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Is the current pertussis incidence only the results of testing? A spatial and space-time analysis of pertussis surveillance data using cluster detection methods and geographically weighted regression modelling

Boris Kauhl,
Jeanne Heil,
Christian J. P. A. Hoebe,
Jürgen Schweikart,
Thomas Krafft,
Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers

Published: March 9, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172383

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