Public health agencies and other groups have invested considerable resources in
automated surveillance systems over the last decade. These systems generally follow …

After information about a dengue case in Germany acquired in Croatia, health professionals
and the public in Croatia were alerted to assess the situation and to enhance mosquito …

In the minds of many critical care physicians, particularly those new to the profession,
biowarfare and bioterrorism may seem a product of the unrest in the world punctuated by the …

We review some prospective scan-based methods that are used in health-related
applications to detect increased rates of mortality or morbidity and to detect bioterrorism or …

Background The spatial and space-time scan statistics are commonly applied for the
detection of geographical disease clusters. Monte Carlo hypothesis testing is typically used …

The objective of this manuscript is to present a systematic review of biosurveillance models
that operate on select agents and can forecast the occurrence of a disease event. We define …

Purpose SaTScan is a free software that analyzes spatial, temporal and space-time data
using the spatial, temporal, or space-time scan statistics. It is designed for any of the …

In addition to providing potable drinking water, US water systems are critical to the
maintenance of many vital public services, such as fire suppression and power generation …

Public health agencies conduct surveillance to identify and prioritize health issues and
evaluate interventions. Recently, natural and deliberate epidemics have motivated …

The objective of public health surveillance is to systematically collect, analyze, and interpret
public health data (about chronic or infectious diseases) to understand trends; detect …