Disease cluster

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Cancer_cluster/9XNYHkm4">Cancer cluster</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hec/csem/cluster/docs/clusters.pdf">Disease Clusters: An Overview</a>, introduction to a course held by the <a href="/facts/Agency_for_Toxic_Substances_and_Disease_Registry/jVG5SPBA">Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Miquel Porta, ed. (2008). A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-19-971815-3. Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be greater than could be expected by chance. Putative disease clusters are often perceived to exist on the basis of anecdotal evidence, and much effort may be expended by epidemiologists and biostatisticians in assessing whether a true cluster of disease exists. <a href="978-0-19-971815-3" target="_blank">978-0-19-971815-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Miquel Porta, ed. (2008). A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-19-971815-3. Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be greater than could be expected by chance. Putative disease clusters are often perceived to exist on the basis of anecdotal evidence, and much effort may be expended by epidemiologists and biostatisticians in assessing whether a true cluster of disease exists. <a href="978-0-19-971815-3" target="_blank">978-0-19-971815-3</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Miquel Porta, ed. (2008). A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-19-971815-3. Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be greater than could be expected by chance. Putative disease clusters are often perceived to exist on the basis of anecdotal evidence, and much effort may be expended by epidemiologists and biostatisticians in assessing whether a true cluster of disease exists. <a href="978-0-19-971815-3" target="_blank">978-0-19-971815-3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Miquel Porta, ed. (2008). A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-19-971815-3. Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be greater than could be expected by chance. Putative disease clusters are often perceived to exist on the basis of anecdotal evidence, and much effort may be expended by epidemiologists and biostatisticians in assessing whether a true cluster of disease exists. <a href="978-0-19-971815-3" target="_blank">978-0-19-971815-3</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Guidelines for Investigating Clusters of Health Events". cdc.gov. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001797.htm" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001797.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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