Abstract French Guiana is a European ultraperipheric region located on the northern Atlantic
coast of South America. It constitutes an important forested region for biological conservation …

Aim: Public health systems have embraced health informatics and information technology as
a potential transformational tool to improve real-time surveillance systems, communication …

Objective An individual's birth month has a significant impact on the diseases they develop
during their lifetime. Previous studies reveal relationships between birth month and several …

Infectious diseases, including vector-borne diseases transmitted by arthropods, are a
leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the era of big data, addressing broad …

Despite the health, social and economic impact of arboviruses in French Guiana, very little is
known about the extent to which infection burden is shared between individuals. We …

Background Dengue fever epidemic dynamics are driven by complex interactions between
hosts, vectors and viruses. Associations between climate and dengue have been studied …

Background Dengue fever is the most important arboviral infection that affects humans,
particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Here, we provide the first comprehensive …

Human behaviors are increasingly recognized to play a key role in the spread of infectious
diseases. Although a set of social and cognitive determinants has been consistently found to …

Most vector-borne diseases exhibit a distinct seasonal pattern, which clearly suggests that
they are weather sensitive. Rainfall, temperature, and other climate variables affect in many …

Increased accessibility of health data provides unique opportunities to discover spatio-
temporal patterns of diseases. For example, New York State SPARCS (Statewide Planning …