Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings

Human mobility is an important driver of geographic spread of infectious pathogens. Detailed information about human movements during outbreaks are, however, difficult to obtain and may not be available during future epidemics. The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa between 2014–16 de...

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Main Authors: Kraemer, M.U.G., Golding, Nick, Bisanzio, D., Bhatt, S., Pigott, D.M., Ray, S.E., Brady, O.J., Brownstein, J.S., Faria, N.R., Cummings, D.A.T., Pybus, O.G., Smith, D.L., Tatem, A.J., Hay, S.I., Reiner, R.C.
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE180100635
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90763
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author Kraemer, M.U.G.
Golding, Nick
Bisanzio, D.
Bhatt, S.
Pigott, D.M.
Ray, S.E.
Brady, O.J.
Brownstein, J.S.
Faria, N.R.
Cummings, D.A.T.
Pybus, O.G.
Smith, D.L.
Tatem, A.J.
Hay, S.I.
Reiner, R.C.
author_facet Kraemer, M.U.G.
Golding, Nick
Bisanzio, D.
Bhatt, S.
Pigott, D.M.
Ray, S.E.
Brady, O.J.
Brownstein, J.S.
Faria, N.R.
Cummings, D.A.T.
Pybus, O.G.
Smith, D.L.
Tatem, A.J.
Hay, S.I.
Reiner, R.C.
author_sort Kraemer, M.U.G.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Human mobility is an important driver of geographic spread of infectious pathogens. Detailed information about human movements during outbreaks are, however, difficult to obtain and may not be available during future epidemics. The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa between 2014–16 demonstrated how quickly pathogens can spread to large urban centers following one cross-species transmission event. Here we describe a flexible transmission model to test the utility of generalised human movement models in estimating EVD cases and spatial spread over the course of the outbreak. A transmission model that includes a general model of human mobility significantly improves prediction of EVD’s incidence compared to models without this component. Human movement plays an important role not only to ignite the epidemic in locations previously disease free, but over the course of the entire epidemic. We also demonstrate important differences between countries in population mixing and the improved prediction attributable to movement metrics. Given their relative rareness, locally derived mobility data are unlikely to exist in advance of future epidemics or pandemics. Our findings show that transmission patterns derived from general human movement models can improve forecasts of spatio-temporal transmission patterns in places where local mobility data is unavailable.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-907632023-04-14T06:36:57Z Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings Kraemer, M.U.G. Golding, Nick Bisanzio, D. Bhatt, S. Pigott, D.M. Ray, S.E. Brady, O.J. Brownstein, J.S. Faria, N.R. Cummings, D.A.T. Pybus, O.G. Smith, D.L. Tatem, A.J. Hay, S.I. Reiner, R.C. Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics EBOLA-VIRUS DISEASE ZOONOTIC NICHE TIME-SERIES ZIKA VIRUS TRANSMISSION LIBERIA EPIDEMIC DYNAMICS OUTBREAK MOBILITY Human mobility is an important driver of geographic spread of infectious pathogens. Detailed information about human movements during outbreaks are, however, difficult to obtain and may not be available during future epidemics. The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa between 2014–16 demonstrated how quickly pathogens can spread to large urban centers following one cross-species transmission event. Here we describe a flexible transmission model to test the utility of generalised human movement models in estimating EVD cases and spatial spread over the course of the outbreak. A transmission model that includes a general model of human mobility significantly improves prediction of EVD’s incidence compared to models without this component. Human movement plays an important role not only to ignite the epidemic in locations previously disease free, but over the course of the entire epidemic. We also demonstrate important differences between countries in population mixing and the improved prediction attributable to movement metrics. Given their relative rareness, locally derived mobility data are unlikely to exist in advance of future epidemics or pandemics. Our findings show that transmission patterns derived from general human movement models can improve forecasts of spatio-temporal transmission patterns in places where local mobility data is unavailable. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90763 10.1038/s41598-019-41192-3 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE180100635 NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
EBOLA-VIRUS DISEASE
ZOONOTIC NICHE
TIME-SERIES
ZIKA VIRUS
TRANSMISSION
LIBERIA
EPIDEMIC
DYNAMICS
OUTBREAK
MOBILITY
Kraemer, M.U.G.
Golding, Nick
Bisanzio, D.
Bhatt, S.
Pigott, D.M.
Ray, S.E.
Brady, O.J.
Brownstein, J.S.
Faria, N.R.
Cummings, D.A.T.
Pybus, O.G.
Smith, D.L.
Tatem, A.J.
Hay, S.I.
Reiner, R.C.
Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
title Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
title_full Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
title_fullStr Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
title_full_unstemmed Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
title_short Utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
title_sort utilizing general human movement models to predict the spread of emerging infectious diseases in resource poor settings
topic Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
EBOLA-VIRUS DISEASE
ZOONOTIC NICHE
TIME-SERIES
ZIKA VIRUS
TRANSMISSION
LIBERIA
EPIDEMIC
DYNAMICS
OUTBREAK
MOBILITY
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE180100635
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90763