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Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019
Dispatch

Novel Method for Rapid Detection of Spatiotemporal HIV Clusters Potentially Warranting Intervention

Arthur G. FitzmauriceComments to Author , Laurie Linley, Chenhua Zhang, Meg Watson, Anne Marie France, and Alexandra M. Oster
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.G. Fitzmaurice, L. Linley, M. Watson, A.M. France, A.M. Oster); ICF International, Atlanta (C. Zhang)

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Figure 1

Alert criteria used in method for identifying spatiotemporal clusters of HIV diagnoses. For each cluster, the total number of cases (X) in a specified geographic area during the most recent 12 months exceeds the baseline mean (μ) of the previous 3 12-month periods by >2 SD (σ) and >2 diagnoses.

Figure 1. Alert criteria used in method for identifying spatiotemporal clusters of HIV diagnoses. For each cluster, the total number of cases (X) in a specified geographic area during the most recent 12 months exceeds the baseline mean (μ) of the previous 3 12-month periods by >2 SD (σ) and >2 diagnoses.

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