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Detecting COVID-19 Clusters at High Spatiotemporal Resolution, New York City, New York, USA, June-July 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 May;27(5). 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.

PMID:33900181 | DOI:10.3201/eid2705.203583

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