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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

A Visual Approach for the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Outbreak Data Analysis.

Jie Hua, Guohua Wang, Maolin Huang, Shuyang Hua, Shuanghe Yang

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jie HuaFaculty of Information Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.
Guohua WangSchool of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Maolin HuangFaculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia.
Shuyang HuaFaculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, 2007 Sydney, Australia.
Shuanghe YangFaculty of Information Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.
Shaoyang University · CNSouth China University of Technology · CNThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus outbreaks are threats to humanity, and coronaviruses are the latest of many epidemics in the last few decades in the world. SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Associated Coronavirus) is a member of the coronavirus family, so its study is useful for relevant virus data research. In this work, we conduct a proposed approach that is non-medical/clinical, generate graphs from five features of the SARS outbreak data in five countries and regions, and offer insights from a visual analysis perspective. The results show that prevention measures such as quarantine are the most common control policies used, and areas with strict measures did have fewer peak period days; for instance, Hong Kong handled the outbreak better than other areas. Data conflict issues found with this approach are discussed as well. Visual analysis is also proved to be a useful technique to present the SARS outbreak data at this stage; furthermore, we are proceeding to apply a similar methodology with more features to future COVID-19 research from a visual analysis perfective.

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Data AnalysisInternationalityConsensus Statements as TopicDisease OutbreaksHong KongHumansInfection ControlQuarantineSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeTime FactorsWorld Health OrganizationcoronavirusCOVID-19graph drawinggraph visualisationSARSvisual analysis

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PMID32503333
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