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ArticleJournal of nonparametric statistics2022

A Semiparametric Bayesian Approach to Epidemics, with Application to the Spread of the Coronavirus MERS in South Korea in 2015.

Michael Schweinberger, Rashmi P Bomiriya, Sergii Babkin

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Article in Journal of nonparametric statistics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Michael SchweinbergerUniversity of Missouri, Columbia.
Rashmi P BomiriyaRS Metrics Asia.
Sergii BabkinMicrosoft.

Funding

Novel Statistical Models for Synthesizing Social Networks and Epidemic DynamicsR01GM083603 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI HUNTER, DAVID · 2007 to 2011
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083603
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Abstract

We consider incomplete observations of stochastic processes governing the spread of infectious diseases through finite populations by way of contact. We propose a flexible semiparametric modeling framework with at least three advantages. First, it enables researchers to study the structure of a population contact network and its impact on the spread of infectious diseases. Second, it can accommodate short- and long-tailed degree distributions and detect potential superspreaders, who represent an important public health concern. Third, it addresses the important issue of incomplete data. Starting from first principles, we show when the incomplete-data generating process is ignorable for the purpose of Bayesian inference for the parameters of the population model. We demonstrate the semiparametric modeling framework by simulations and an application to the partially observed MERS epidemic in South Korea in 2015. We conclude with an extended discussion of open questions and directions for future research.

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05C8005C81Contact networksLink-tracingMissing dataNetwork sampling

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PMCPMC9512273

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