Socio-demographic variables can guide prioritized testing strategies for epidemic control in resource-limited contexts.

Michelle V EvansTanjona RamiadantsoaKayla KauffmanJames MoodyCharles L NunnJean Yves RabezaraPrisca RaharimalalaToky M RandriamoriaVoahangy SoarimalalaGeorgia TitcombAndres GarchitorenaBenjamin Roche

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2023)

We demonstrate that incorporating social network information into epidemic control strategies is an effective countermeasure to low testing capacity and can be implemented via socio-demographic proxies when social network data are unavailable.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
electronic health record
big data
network analysis
data analysis
artificial intelligence