A study on detecting multi-dimensional clusters of infectious diseases
A study on detecting multi-dimensional clusters of infectious diseases
To indentify early signs of unusual health events is critical to early warning of infectious diseases. A new method for detecting multi-dimensional clusters of infectious diseases is presented in this paper. Ant colony clustering algorithm is applied to classify the cases of specified infectious diseases according to their crowd characters; then the cases belonging to the same class in terms of the space adjacency is separated; finally, the prior information about previous diseases outbreaks in the study area is applied to test the hypothesis that there was no disease cluster at various sub-regions. The detection ability of the method shows that this method does not need to accumulate case data within a long time period to detect irregular-shaped hot spots. It is useful for introducing spatial analysis to detection of infectious disease outbreaks.
Ant colony clustering algorithm, Bayesian Gamma-Poisson model, Cluster, Infectious diseases, Spatial analysis
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Liao, Yilan
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Wang, Jinfeng
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Yang, Weizhong
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Li, Zhongjie
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Jin, Lianmei
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Lai, Shengjie
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Zheng, Xiaoying
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1 January 2012
Liao, Yilan
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Wang, Jinfeng
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Yang, Weizhong
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Li, Zhongjie
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Jin, Lianmei
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Lai, Shengjie
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Zheng, Xiaoying
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Liao, Yilan, Wang, Jinfeng, Yang, Weizhong, Li, Zhongjie, Jin, Lianmei, Lai, Shengjie and Zheng, Xiaoying
(2012)
A study on detecting multi-dimensional clusters of infectious diseases.
Dili Xuebao, 67 (4), .
Abstract
To indentify early signs of unusual health events is critical to early warning of infectious diseases. A new method for detecting multi-dimensional clusters of infectious diseases is presented in this paper. Ant colony clustering algorithm is applied to classify the cases of specified infectious diseases according to their crowd characters; then the cases belonging to the same class in terms of the space adjacency is separated; finally, the prior information about previous diseases outbreaks in the study area is applied to test the hypothesis that there was no disease cluster at various sub-regions. The detection ability of the method shows that this method does not need to accumulate case data within a long time period to detect irregular-shaped hot spots. It is useful for introducing spatial analysis to detection of infectious disease outbreaks.
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Published date: 1 January 2012
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Acta Geographica Sinica
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Ant colony clustering algorithm, Bayesian Gamma-Poisson model, Cluster, Infectious diseases, Spatial analysis
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429996
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Yilan Liao
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Zhongjie Li
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Xiaoying Zheng
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