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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, Germany

Johannes Elias*, Dag Harmsen†, Heike Claus*, Wiebke Hellenbrand‡, Matthias Frosch*, and Ulrich Vogel*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; †University Hospital, Muenster, Germany; ‡Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Table

Clusters of invasive meningococcal disease detected by SaTScan analysis, Germany, December 2001–June 2005

Cluster Finetype Cases States (counties)* Population Year Duration (d) p value† page value‡
1 Y:P1.5–2,10–28:F4–1 2 BY (1) 213,603 2002 21 0.003 0.003
2 B:P1.7–2,4:F3–3 2 NI (2) 2,286,265 2002 4 0.002 0.003
3 B:P1.18–1,30:F3–3 2 HH (1), NI (1) 3,096,084 2002 23 0.023 0.028
4 B:P1.5–1,2–2:F1–5 2 NI (1) 206,304 2002 18 0.006 0.004
5 B:P1:18,25–1:F5–1 2 TH (1) 142,595 2003 16 0.011 0.01
6 B:P1.5–2,10:F5–1 3 HE (1), RP (1) 2,394,079 2003 17 0.026 0.023
7 C:P1.5,2:F1–7 2 SL (1) 349,102 2003 3 0.035 0.033
8 B:P1.7,16:F5-X§ 2 BY (2) 913,368 2003 10 0.028 0.025
9 C:P1.22,9:F3–3 3 NW (2), RP (1) 5,441,714 2003 2 0.002 0.002
10 C:P1.5,2:F3–3 4 BB (1), SN (1) 339,185 2003 18 0.004
11 C:P1.5–1,10–8:F3–6 2 NW (1) 429,832 2003 4 0.008 0.011
12 C:P1.5–1,10–8:F4–1 2 BW (1) 134,407 2003 13 0.028 0.043
13 C:P1.5,2:F1–1 2 NW (2) 860,407 2003 1 0.037 0.032
14 B:P1.5–1,2–2:F1–14 2 MV (1) 120,959 2003 <1 0.001 0.001
15 C:P1.5,2:F5–8 3 NW (1), RP (2) 2,768,981 2003 1 0.001 0.005
16 W135:P1.5,2:F1–1 2 BW (2) 2,761,536 2003 2 0.044 0.056
17 B:P1.7,16:F3–3 2 MV (1) 52,994 2004 4 0.041 0.037
18 C:P1.5,2:F5–8 2 BY (1) 42,665 2004 4 0.001 0.006
19 C:P1.5,2:F3–6 2 BY (1) 148,953 2004 4 0.007 0.01
20 B:P1.5–1,2–2:F5–8 2 HE (1), NI (1) 3,076,129 2004 <1 0.002 0.002
21 B:P1.7–2,4:F5–1 2 BY (1) 243,545 2004 <1 0.003 0.003
22 B:P1.7–2,13–9:F5–5 2 NW (1) 239,183 2005 4 0.001 0.001
23 B:P1.7–2,16:F3–3 5 TH (3) 2,399,167 2005 24 0.001 0.001
24 B:P1.7–2,4:F1–5 10 NW (3), RP (1), SL (1) 1,524,166 2005 22 0.001 0.001
25 C:P1.22,14:F3–3 2 BB (1), SN (1) 1,512,043 2005 5 0.012 0.01
26 C:P1.5,2:F3–6 2 BY (2) 520,190 2005 7 0.018 0.02

*BY, Bavaria; NI, Lower Saxony; HH, Hamburg; TH, Thuringia; HE, Hesse; RP, Rhineland-Palatinate; SL, Saarland; NW, NorthRhine-Westphalia; BB, Brandenburg; SN, Saxony; BW, Baden-Wuerttemberg; MV, Mecklenburg-West-Pomerania.
†p values from the unadjusted 42-mo scan.
‡p values from the age-adjusted scan (p value >0.05 is shown in italics).
§FetA type 5-X has not yet been assigned.
¶Not detected because of missing date of birth in 1 case (see text).

*BY, Bavaria; NI, Lower Saxony; HH, Hamburg; TH, Thuringia; HE, Hesse; RP, Rhineland-Palatinate; SL, Saarland; NW, NorthRhine-Westphalia; BB, Brandenburg; SN, Saxony; BW, Baden-Wuerttemberg; MV, Mecklenburg-West-Pomerania.
†p values from the unadjusted 42-mo scan.
‡p values from the age-adjusted scan (p value >0.05 is shown in italics).
§FetA type 5-X has not yet been assigned.
¶Not detected because of missing date of birth in 1 case (see text).

*BY, Bavaria; NI, Lower Saxony; HH, Hamburg; TH, Thuringia; HE, Hesse; RP, Rhineland-Palatinate; SL, Saarland; NW, NorthRhine-Westphalia; BB, Brandenburg; SN, Saxony; BW, Baden-Wuerttemberg; MV, Mecklenburg-West-Pomerania.
†p values from the unadjusted 42-mo scan.
‡p values from the age-adjusted scan (p value >0.05 is shown in italics).
§FetA type 5-X has not yet been assigned.
¶Not detected because of missing date of birth in 1 case (see text).

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