COVID19-world

Data analysis and visualization is an essential tool for exploring and communicating findings in medical research, especially in epidemiological surveillance. Data on COVID-19 diagnosed cases and mortality, from January 1st, 2020, onwards is collected automatically from the European Centre for Disea...

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Autores: Tebé, Cristian|||0000-0003-2320-1385, Valls, Joan|||0000-0002-4806-7568, Satorra, Pau|||0000-0002-8144-4089, Tobías, Aurelio|||0000-0001-6428-6755
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:232725
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/232725
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/s12874-020-01121-9
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Epidemic
Data visualization
Poisson regression
Mortality
Mortality rate
Case fatality rate
Basic reproduction number
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Sumario:Data analysis and visualization is an essential tool for exploring and communicating findings in medical research, especially in epidemiological surveillance. Data on COVID-19 diagnosed cases and mortality, from January 1st, 2020, onwards is collected automatically from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). We have developed a Shiny application for data visualization and analysis of several indicators to follow the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic using ECDC data. A country-specific tool for basic epidemiological surveillance, in an interactive and user-friendly manner. The available analyses cover time trends and projections, attack rate, population fatality rate, case fatality rate, and basic reproduction number. The COVID19-World online web application systematically produces daily updated country-specific data visualization and analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic worldwide. The application may help for a better understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic worldwide.