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Title: | Fine-scale estimation of effective reproduction numbers for dengue surveillance | Authors: | Ong, Janet Soh, Stacy Ho, Soon Hoe Seah, Annabel Dickens, Borame Sue Tan, Ken Wei Koo, Joel Ruihan Cook, Alex R Richards, Daniel R Gaw, Leon Yan-Feng Ng, Lee Ching Lim, Jue Tao |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biochemical Research Methods Mathematical & Computational Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology VIRUS-INFECTION VECTOR CONTROL SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY SINGAPORE |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2022 | Publisher: | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Citation: | Ong, Janet, Soh, Stacy, Ho, Soon Hoe, Seah, Annabel, Dickens, Borame Sue, Tan, Ken Wei, Koo, Joel Ruihan, Cook, Alex R, Richards, Daniel R, Gaw, Leon Yan-Feng, Ng, Lee Ching, Lim, Jue Tao (2022-01-01). Fine-scale estimation of effective reproduction numbers for dengue surveillance. PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY 18 (1). ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009791 | Abstract: | The effective reproduction number Rt is an epidemiological quantity that provides an instantaneous measure of transmission potential of an infectious disease. While dengue is an increasingly important vector-borne disease, few have used Rt as a measure to inform public health operations and policy for dengue. This study demonstrates the utility of Rt for real time dengue surveillance. Using nationally representative, geo-located dengue case data from Singapore over 2010-2020, we estimated Rt by modifying methods from Bayesian (EpiEstim) and filtering (EpiFilter) approaches, at both the national and local levels. We conducted model assessment of Rt from each proposed method and determined exogenous temporal and spatial drivers for Rt in relation to a wide range of environmental and anthropogenic factors. At the national level, both methods achieved satisfactory model performance (R2 EpiEstim = 0.95, R2 EpiFilter = 0.97), but disparities in performance were large at finer spatial scales when case counts are low (MASE EpiEstim = 1.23, MASEEpiFilter = 0.59). Impervious surfaces and vegetation with structure dominated by human management (without tree canopy) were positively associated with increased transmission intensity. Vegetation with structure dominated by human management (with tree canopy), on the other hand, was associated with lower dengue transmission intensity. We showed that dengue outbreaks were preceded by sustained periods of high transmissibility, demonstrating the potential of Rt as a dengue surveillance tool for detecting large rises in dengue cases. Real time estimation of Rt at the fine scale can assist public health agencies in identifying high transmission risk areas and facilitating localised outbreak preparedness and response. | Source Title: | PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/230838 | ISSN: | 1553-734X 1553-7358 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009791 |
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