From c850203d1a55abec2d28633a0337205d0b3aa2b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christy Melucci <43284496+christymelucci@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:26:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Updates from Google Doc: Jul 15, 11:47AM-12:40PM Updates from Google Doc -https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_FcF_jB6bsSQrBiGeqH4cg_HKI6wQmLPnsTa4Oq1JnQ/edit# -Jul 15, 11:47AM-12:40PM --- content/flu/_index.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/flu/_index.md b/content/flu/_index.md index 82277a17f..4a5474239 100644 --- a/content/flu/_index.md +++ b/content/flu/_index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Flu and Other Pathogens layout: single --- -Delphi systems developed before the COVID-19 pandemic typically target seasonal Influenza ("Flu"), but often are used to study other diseases including Chikungunya, Dengue, and Norovirus. +Delphi systems developed before the COVID-19 pandemic typically target seasonal Influenza ("Flu"), but can also be used to study other diseases including Chikungunya, Dengue, and Norovirus. # About Flu Forecasting @@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancin ## Resources and Tools -### [Epidata](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/) -The Epidata API, originally released in 2016, provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). In this system, we compile data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. Epidata’s influenza and dengue signals served as the precursor for our COVIDCast system. +### [Epidata for Flu](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/) +The [Delphi Epidata repository and API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/), originally released in 2016, collects, processes, stores and provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). We continuously receive data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. In early 2020, we started adding many COVID-19 related data sources and signals under a separate endpoint called [COVIDCast](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast.html), which grew to become the dominant part of the Epidata collection. ### [EpiVis](https://delphi.cmu.edu/epivis/) EpiVis is an interactive tool for visualizing epidemiological time-series data. Users may explore their own data or utilize existing time series from the numerous data sources provided by the Epidata API. ### [ILI Nearby](https://delphi.cmu.edu/nowcast/) -In continuous operation since 2016, ILI Nearby is a real-time flu tracking system which utilizes sensor fusion methodology to bring together multiple signals to nowcast (estimate in real-time) the prevalence of Influenza-Like-Illness ("%ILI") in each U.S. state and broader regions of the US. **Note:** Since early 2020, %ILI lost much of its meaning for flu surveillance because of its overlap with Covid-Like-Illness (CLI) and because of drastic changes in healthcare practices and healthcare-seeking behavior. Consequently, ILI Nearby has not been actively maintained since 2019 and should no longer be relied upon for accurate nowcasting of %ILI in the post-pandemic era. +In continuous operation since 2016, ILI Nearby is a real-time flu tracking system which utilizes sensor fusion methodology to bring together multiple signals to nowcast (estimate in real-time) the prevalence of Influenza-Like-Illness ("%ILI") in each U.S. state and broader regions of the US. **Note:** Since early 2020, %ILI has lost much of its meaning for flu surveillance because of its overlap with COVID-Like-Illness (CLI) and because of drastic changes in healthcare practices and healthcare-seeking behavior. Consequently, ILI Nearby has not been actively maintained since 2019 and should no longer be relied upon for accurate nowcasting of %ILI in the post-pandemic era. ## Research Articles - [Recalibrating Probabilistic Forecasts of Epidemics](https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.06305) by Rumack et al. @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ In continuous operation since 2016, ILI Nearby is a real-time flu tracking syste - [Modeling the Past, Present, and Future of Influenza](https://delphi.cmu.edu/~dfarrow/thesis.pdf) by David C. Farrow - [Flexible Modeling of Epidemics with an Empirical Bayes Framework](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004382) by Brooks et al. -# About Other Pathogens +# Other Pathogens Delphi has also worked on other pathogens, including Dengue fever, Norovirus, and Chikungunya. More information about our data on those pathogens is available in our [Epidata API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/README.html). ## Research Articles -- [An Open Challenge to Advance Probabilistic Forecasting for Dengue Epidemics](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1909865116) by Johansson et al. -- [Risk of Dengue for Tourists and Teams during the World Cup 2014 in Brazil](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120682/) by van Panhuis et al. -- [A Human Judgment Approach to Epidemiological Forecasting](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005248) by Farrow et al. +- [An Open Challenge to Advance Probabilistic Forecasting for Dengue Epidemics](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1909865116) by [Johansson](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1909865116#con1) et al. +- [Risk of Dengue for Tourists and Teams during the World Cup 2014 in Brazil](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120682/) by van Panhuis et al. + From 886cc49dc463fe28bfeb35b575b2324d527d0465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christy Melucci <43284496+christymelucci@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:32:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Minor corrections 1 --- content/flu/_index.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/flu/_index.md b/content/flu/_index.md index 4a5474239..a916241fa 100644 --- a/content/flu/_index.md +++ b/content/flu/_index.md @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ layout: single Delphi systems developed before the COVID-19 pandemic typically target seasonal Influenza ("Flu"), but can also be used to study other diseases including Chikungunya, Dengue, and Norovirus. -# About Flu Forecasting +# Flu Forecasting -Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancing and growing a scientific community around influenza forecasting. That year, we participated in the CDC’s inaugural “[Predict the Influenza Season Challenge](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/news/predict-flu-challenge.htm).” We’ve been perennial leaders in forecasting accuracy ever since, taking part in further [flu forecasting challenges](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/about-flu-forecasting.htm). In 2019 we were designated a [National Center of Excellence for Influenza Forecasting](https://delphi.cmu.edu/about/center-of-excellence/), which is a CDC-funded and CDC-designated center working on advancing influenza forecasting and enabling and improving the usefulness of forecasts of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. +Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancing and growing a scientific community around influenza forecasting. That year, we participated in the CDC’s inaugural “[Predict the Influenza Season Challenge](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/news/predict-flu-challenge.htm).” We’ve been perennial leaders in forecasting accuracy ever since, taking part in further [flu forecasting challenges](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/about-flu-forecasting.htm) and in 2019 we were designated a [National Center of Excellence for Influenza Forecasting](https://delphi.cmu.edu/about/center-of-excellence/), which is a CDC-funded and CDC-designated center working on advancing influenza forecasting and enabling and improving the usefulness of forecasts of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. ## Resources and Tools From 4659326d138885e7c4167802a490ed2ab73942f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christy Melucci <43284496+christymelucci@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:39:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Minor updates 2 --- content/flu/_index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/flu/_index.md b/content/flu/_index.md index a916241fa..589925f53 100644 --- a/content/flu/_index.md +++ b/content/flu/_index.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Delphi systems developed before the COVID-19 pandemic typically target seasonal # Flu Forecasting -Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancing and growing a scientific community around influenza forecasting. That year, we participated in the CDC’s inaugural “[Predict the Influenza Season Challenge](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/news/predict-flu-challenge.htm).” We’ve been perennial leaders in forecasting accuracy ever since, taking part in further [flu forecasting challenges](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/about-flu-forecasting.htm) and in 2019 we were designated a [National Center of Excellence for Influenza Forecasting](https://delphi.cmu.edu/about/center-of-excellence/), which is a CDC-funded and CDC-designated center working on advancing influenza forecasting and enabling and improving the usefulness of forecasts of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. +Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancing and growing a scientific community around influenza forecasting. That year, we participated in the CDC’s inaugural “[Predict the Influenza Season Challenge](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/news/predict-flu-challenge.htm).” We’ve been perennial leaders in forecasting accuracy ever since, taking part in further [flu forecasting challenges](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/about-flu-forecasting.htm), and in 2019 being designated a [National Center of Excellence for Influenza Forecasting](https://delphi.cmu.edu/about/center-of-excellence/), which is a CDC-funded and CDC-designated center working on advancing influenza forecasting, and enabling and improving the usefulness of forecasts of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. ## Resources and Tools From 813f4eaa3a953f218affc3a89b896d2de455c195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christy Melucci <43284496+christymelucci@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:03:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Minor updates 3 --- content/flu/_index.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/flu/_index.md b/content/flu/_index.md index 589925f53..c3f17c96a 100644 --- a/content/flu/_index.md +++ b/content/flu/_index.md @@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ Delphi systems developed before the COVID-19 pandemic typically target seasonal # Flu Forecasting -Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancing and growing a scientific community around influenza forecasting. That year, we participated in the CDC’s inaugural “[Predict the Influenza Season Challenge](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/news/predict-flu-challenge.htm).” We’ve been perennial leaders in forecasting accuracy ever since, taking part in further [flu forecasting challenges](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/about-flu-forecasting.htm), and in 2019 being designated a [National Center of Excellence for Influenza Forecasting](https://delphi.cmu.edu/about/center-of-excellence/), which is a CDC-funded and CDC-designated center working on advancing influenza forecasting, and enabling and improving the usefulness of forecasts of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. +Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancing and growing a scientific community around influenza forecasting. That year, we participated in the CDC’s inaugural “[Predict the Influenza Season Challenge](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/news/predict-flu-challenge.htm).” We’ve been perennial leaders in forecasting accuracy ever since, taking part in further [flu forecasting challenges](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/about-flu-forecasting.htm). In 2019, we were designated a [National Center of Excellence for Influenza Forecasting](https://delphi.cmu.edu/about/center-of-excellence/), which is a CDC-funded and CDC-designated center working on advancing influenza forecasting, and enabling and improving the usefulness of forecasts of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. ## Resources and Tools ### [Epidata for Flu](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/) -The [Delphi Epidata repository and API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/), originally released in 2016, collects, processes, stores and provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). We continuously receive data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. In early 2020, we started adding many COVID-19 related data sources and signals under a separate endpoint called [COVIDCast](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast.html), which grew to become the dominant part of the Epidata collection. +The [Delphi Epidata repository and API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/), originally released in 2016, collects, processes, stores and provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as access to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). We continuously receive data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. In early 2020, we started adding many COVID-19 related data sources and signals under an endpoint called [COVIDCast](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast.html), which grew to become the dominant part of the Epidata collection. ### [EpiVis](https://delphi.cmu.edu/epivis/) EpiVis is an interactive tool for visualizing epidemiological time-series data. Users may explore their own data or utilize existing time series from the numerous data sources provided by the Epidata API. ### [ILI Nearby](https://delphi.cmu.edu/nowcast/) -In continuous operation since 2016, ILI Nearby is a real-time flu tracking system which utilizes sensor fusion methodology to bring together multiple signals to nowcast (estimate in real-time) the prevalence of Influenza-Like-Illness ("%ILI") in each U.S. state and broader regions of the US. **Note:** Since early 2020, %ILI has lost much of its meaning for flu surveillance because of its overlap with COVID-Like-Illness (CLI) and because of drastic changes in healthcare practices and healthcare-seeking behavior. Consequently, ILI Nearby has not been actively maintained since 2019 and should no longer be relied upon for accurate nowcasting of %ILI in the post-pandemic era. +In continuous operation since 2016, ILI Nearby is a real-time flu tracking system which utilizes sensor fusion methodology to bring together multiple signals to nowcast (estimate in real-time) the prevalence of Influenza-Like-Illness ("%ILI") in each U.S. state and broader regions of the US. **Note:** Since early 2020, %ILI has lost much of its meaning for flu surveillance because of its overlap with COVID-Like-Illness (CLI) and because of drastic changes in healthcare practices and healthcare-seeking behavior. Consequently, ILI Nearby has not been actively maintained since 2019 and should no longer be relied upon for accurate nowcasting of %ILI in the pandemic and post-pandemic era. ## Research Articles - [Recalibrating Probabilistic Forecasts of Epidemics](https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.06305) by Rumack et al. From 2c0a35753575ab54f9fd480599b2dfb43f981cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christy Melucci <43284496+christymelucci@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:15:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Minor updates 4 --- content/flu/_index.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/flu/_index.md b/content/flu/_index.md index c3f17c96a..c1d5149dc 100644 --- a/content/flu/_index.md +++ b/content/flu/_index.md @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancin ## Resources and Tools -### [Epidata for Flu](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/) -The [Delphi Epidata repository and API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/), originally released in 2016, collects, processes, stores and provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as access to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). We continuously receive data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. In early 2020, we started adding many COVID-19 related data sources and signals under an endpoint called [COVIDCast](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast.html), which grew to become the dominant part of the Epidata collection. +### [Epidata for Flu](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/README.html)) +The [Delphi Epidata repository and API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/), originally released in 2016, collects, processes, stores and provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as access to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). We continuously receive data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. In early 2020, we started adding many COVID-19 related data sources and signals under an endpoint called [COVIDcast](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast.html), which grew to become the dominant part of the Epidata collection. ### [EpiVis](https://delphi.cmu.edu/epivis/) EpiVis is an interactive tool for visualizing epidemiological time-series data. Users may explore their own data or utilize existing time series from the numerous data sources provided by the Epidata API. From 5188021db75fa84d7861e40c8596a7f724aa028f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christy Melucci <43284496+christymelucci@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:19:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Minor updates 5 --- content/flu/_index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/flu/_index.md b/content/flu/_index.md index c1d5149dc..fde279d6f 100644 --- a/content/flu/_index.md +++ b/content/flu/_index.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Since 2013, Delphi has supported the U.S. CDC’s Influenza Division in advancin ## Resources and Tools -### [Epidata for Flu](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/README.html)) +### [Epidata for Flu](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/README.html) The [Delphi Epidata repository and API](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/), originally released in 2016, collects, processes, stores and provides real-time access to epidemiological surveillance signals, as well as access to historical versions of each signal (“what was known when”). We continuously receive data from multiple sources and extract signals related to flu, dengue, and other pathogens. In early 2020, we started adding many COVID-19 related data sources and signals under an endpoint called [COVIDcast](https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/covidcast.html), which grew to become the dominant part of the Epidata collection. ### [EpiVis](https://delphi.cmu.edu/epivis/)