A Novel Tool for Real-time Estimation of Epidemiological Parameters of Communicable Diseases Using Contact-Tracing Data: Development and Deployment.

Bernard Chawo Silenou Carolin Verset Basil Benduri Kaburi Olivier Leuci Stéphane Ghozzi Cédric Duboudin Gérard Krause

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2022)

We provide an application for real-time estimation of epidemiological parameters, which is essential for informing outbreak response strategies. The estimates are commensurate with findings from previous studies. The SORMAS-Stats application could greatly assist public health authorities in the regions using SORMAS or similar tools by providing extensive visualizations and computation of surveillance indicators.

Keyphrases

public health
electronic health record
global health
machine learning