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ArticleFrontiers in public health2018

Epidemiological Data Challenges: Planning for a More Robust Future Through Data Standards.

Geoffrey Fairchild, Byron Tasseff, Hari Khalsa, Nicholas Generous, Ashlynn R Daughton, Nileena Velappan, Reid Priedhorsky, Alina Deshpande

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Geoffrey FairchildAnalytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Byron TasseffAnalytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Hari KhalsaAnalytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Nicholas GenerousAnalytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Ashlynn R DaughtonAnalytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Nileena VelappanBioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Reid PriedhorskyHigh Performance Computing Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.
Alina DeshpandeBioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accessible epidemiological data are of great value for emergency preparedness and response, understanding disease progression through a population, and building statistical and mechanistic disease models that enable forecasting. The status quo, however, renders acquiring and using such data difficult in practice. In many cases, a primary way of obtaining epidemiological data is through the internet, but the methods by which the data are presented to the public often differ drastically among institutions. As a result, there is a strong need for better data sharing practices. This paper identifies, in detail and with examples, the three key challenges one encounters when attempting to acquire and use epidemiological data: (1)

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PMCPMC6265573

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