A new surveillance and spatio-temporal visualization tool SIMID: SIMulation of Infectious Diseases using random networks and GIS

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-470

  Ramírez Ramírez, Lilia L ^a   Gel, Yulia R ^b,c   Thompson, Mary ^b   de Villa, Eileen ^d   McPherson, Matt ^e  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Peel Public Health   (Canada)

^e Infonaut Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Networks; Software for epidemic surveillance; Spatio temporal models in epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; ONTARIO , CANADA; RANDOM NETWORK; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VISUALIZATIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); VISUALIZATION;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SIMULATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; SCHOOL; SIMULATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE TOOL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; SOFTWARE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84877030184     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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