Artificial intelligence in public health: the potential of epidemic early warning systems

CR MacIntyre, X Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate automated early warnings in epidemic
surveillance by harnessing vast open-source data with minimal human intervention has the …

[HTML][HTML] Ebola virus outbreak returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: an urgent rising concern

J Sun, O Uwishema, H Kassem, M Abbass… - Annals of medicine and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract On April 23, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
announced an EVD outbreak after discovering 2 confirmed cases and identifying 267 …

Mathematical models and analysis tools for risk assessment of unnatural epidemics: Our review is a scoping review

J Li, Y Li, Z Mei, Z Liu, G Zou, C Cao - Frontiers in Public Health, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Predicting, issuing early warnings, and assessing risks associated with unnatural epidemics
(UEs) present significant challenges. These tasks also represent key areas of focus within …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced EPIRISK tool for rapid epidemic risk analysis

X Chen, MP Kunasekaran, D Hutchinson, H Stone… - Public Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aims to create an enhanced EPIRISK tool in order to correctly predict
COVID-19 severity in various countries. The original EPIRISK tool was developed in 2018 to …

[HTML][HTML] A machine learning-based universal outbreak risk prediction tool

T Zhang, F Rabhi, X Chen, H Paik… - Computers in Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to prevent and control the increasing number of serious epidemics, the ability to
predict the risk caused by emerging outbreaks is essential. However, most current risk …

[HTML][HTML] An Ontology to Bridge the Clinical Management of Patients and Public Health Responses for Strengthening Infectious Disease Surveillance: Design Science …

S Lim, P Johannesson - JMIR Formative Research, 2024 - formative.jmir.org
Background: Novel surveillance approaches using digital technologies, including the
Internet of Things (IoT), have evolved, enhancing traditional infectious disease surveillance …

Preventing the next pandemic: use of artificial intelligence for epidemic monitoring and alerts

CR MacIntyre, S Lim, A Quigley - Cell Reports Medicine, 2022 - cell.com
Emerging infections are a continual threat to public health security, which can be improved
by use of rapid epidemic intelligence and open-source data. Artificial intelligence systems to …

[HTML][HTML] Preparing the developing world for the next pandemic: Evidence from China's R&D blueprint for emerging infectious diseases

J Ma, C Li, Y Cui, L Xu, N Chen, R Wang, X Gao… - Journal of Infection and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background With double pressures of endemic and imported emerging infectious diseases
(EIDs), China's ability to detect, prevent and control the unknown virus is of regional and …

Estimating risk of introduction of Ebola virus disease from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Tanzania: a qualitative assessment

S Rugarabamu, J George, KM Mbanzulu… - Epidemiologia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Between April 2018 and November 2020, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
experienced its 11th Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. Tanzania's cross-border …

[HTML][HTML] Use of automated machine learning for an outbreak risk prediction tool

T Zhang, F Rabhi, A Behnaz, X Chen, H Paik… - Informatics in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
The frequency of serious epidemics has continued to increase in the last decade. The ability
to predict the risk of outbreaks can improve prevention and control. There are few prediction …