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Geographic profiling as a novel spatial tool for targeting infectious disease control

BACKGROUND: Geographic profiling is a statistical tool originally developed in criminology to prioritise large lists of suspects in cases of serial crime. Here, we use two data sets - one historical and one modern - to show how it can be used to locate the sources of infectious disease. RESULTS: Fir...

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Autores principales: Le Comber, Steven C, Rossmo, D Kim, Hassan, Ali N, Fuller, Douglas O, Beier, John C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21592339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-10-35