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Accelerating the discovery of space-time patterns of infectious diseases using parallel computing

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Accelerating the discovery of space-time patterns of infectious diseases using parallel computing
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Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, May 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.sste.2016.05.002
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Infectious diseases have complex transmission cycles, and effective public health responses require the ability to monitor outbreaks in a timely manner. Space-time statistics facilitate the discovery of disease dynamics including rate of spread and seasonal cyclic patterns, but are computationally demanding, especially for datasets of increasing size, diversity and availability. High-performance computing reduces the effort required to identify these patterns, however heterogeneity in the data must be accounted for. We develop an adaptive space-time domain decomposition approach for parallel computation of the space-time kernel density. We apply our methodology to individual reported dengue cases from 2010 to 2011 in the city of Cali, Colombia. The parallel implementation reaches significant speedup compared to sequential counterparts. Density values are visualized in an interactive 3D environment, which facilitates the identification and communication of uneven space-time distribution of disease events. Our framework has the potential to enhance the timely monitoring of infectious diseases.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Germany 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 63 95%

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Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 20%
Student > Master 12 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 15%
Other 4 6%
Lecturer 2 3%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 18 27%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 11%
Computer Science 7 11%
Social Sciences 6 9%
Mathematics 4 6%
Other 12 18%
Unknown 20 30%
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