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| Other authors / contributors: | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats, issuing body.
Workshop on Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy (2016 : Washington, D.C.)
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| ISBN: | 9780309450119
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
This project was supported by Contract No. 200-2011-38807 (Task Order No. 38), Contract No. DJF-16-1200-P-0002127, Contract No. 1R13FD005335-01, Contract No. ICD 620644, Contract No. APA-2015-6885, Contract No. HHSN26300055, Contract No. HT9404-12-1-0009, Contract No. GHN-G-00-07-00001-00, Contract No. W81XWH14-P-0339, Contract No. HSHQDC-15-C-00043, and Contract No. VA250-16-P-1998 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, Merck Company Foundation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively, and by the American Society for Microbiology, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Sanofi Pasteur, and the Skoll Global Threats Fund. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 2, 2017).
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| Summary: | With the amount of data in the world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of social media provides an opportunity to improve public health surveillance systems and to develop predictive models. Advances in machine learning and crowdsourcing may also offer the possibility to gather information about disease dynamics, such as contact patterns and the impact of the social environment. New, rapid, point-of-care diagnostics may make it possible to capture not only diagnostic information but also other potentially epidemiologically relevant information in real time. With a wide range of data available for analysis, decision-making and policy-making processes could be improved. While there are many opportunities for big data to be used for infectious disease research, operations, and policy, many challenges remain before it is possible to capture the full potential of big data. In order to explore some of the opportunities and issues associated with the scientific, policy, and operational aspects of big data in relation to microbial threats and public health, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop in May 2016. Participants discussed a range of topics including preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats using big data and related analytics; varieties of data (including demographic, geospatial, behavioral, syndromic, and laboratory) and their broader applications; means to improve their collection, processing, utility, and validation; and approaches that can be learned from other sectors to inform big data strategies for infectious disease research, operations, and policy. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
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| Other form: | Print version: Big data and analytics for infectious disease research, operations, and policy. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2016 9780309450119
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| Standard no.: | 10.17226/23654
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