Development of an R Package for Syndromic Surveillance: Translating Research into Tools for the Veterinary Epidemiologist

Authors

  • Fernanda C. Dórea Swedish Zoonoses Centre, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Stefan Widgren Swedish Zoonoses Centre, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Ann Lindberg Swedish Zoonoses Centre, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Crawford W. Revie Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5075

Abstract

We suggest there are currently three main challenges in the development of animal syndromic surveillance: the lack of standards in disease classification, the development of statistical methodologies appropriate to deal with animal data, and the creation of ready-to-use tools that employ these statistical methods. We address the latter by incorporating already developed methods into an easy to use R package that contains all the tools for implementation of an animal syndromic surveillance system; from data retrieval, management and analyses to the construction of a user interface.

Author Biography

Fernanda C. Dórea, Swedish Zoonoses Centre, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden

Fernanda graduated from veterinary school in Brazil. Her experience with animal health includes  work in four countries: as a federal veterinary inspector in Brazil tasked with various animal disease control programs; as a Masters student in the USA (Georgia) working closely with the poultry industry in order to improve biosecurity measures; as a PhD student in Canada developing an early disease warning system for the province of Ontario; and currently she is involved in early disease warning and risk-based surveillance at the National Veterinary Institute in Sweden. Her current work in Sweden's National Zoonosis Centre, and previous published works on foodborne diseases control and risk assessments of human exposure to avian influenza, document her experience in bridging animal and public health.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Dórea, F. C., Widgren, S., Lindberg, A., & Revie, C. W. (2014). Development of an R Package for Syndromic Surveillance: Translating Research into Tools for the Veterinary Epidemiologist. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5075

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