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Analysing trends and forecasting malaria epidemics in Madagascar using a sentinel surveillance network: a web-based application

Overview of attention for article published in Malaria Journal, February 2017
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Title
Analysing trends and forecasting malaria epidemics in Madagascar using a sentinel surveillance network: a web-based application
Published in
Malaria Journal, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12936-017-1728-9
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Authors

Florian Girond, Laurence Randrianasolo, Lea Randriamampionona, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Télesphore Yao Brou, Vincent Herbreteau, Morgan Mangeas, Sixte Zigiumugabe, Judith Hedje, Christophe Rogier, Patrice Piola

Abstract

The use of a malaria early warning system (MEWS) to trigger prompt public health interventions is a key step in adding value to the epidemiological data routinely collected by sentinel surveillance systems. This study describes a system using various epidemic thresholds and a forecasting component with the support of new technologies to improve the performance of a sentinel MEWS. Malaria-related data from 21 sentinel sites collected by Short Message Service are automatically analysed to detect malaria trends and malaria outbreak alerts with automated feedback reports. Roll Back Malaria partners can, through a user-friendly web-based tool, visualize potential outbreaks and generate a forecasting model. The system already demonstrated its ability to detect malaria outbreaks in Madagascar in 2014. This approach aims to maximize the usefulness of a sentinel surveillance system to predict and detect epidemics in limited-resource environments.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Madagascar 1 <1%
Unknown 139 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 23 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 16%
Student > Master 21 15%
Student > Bachelor 17 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 9%
Other 13 9%
Unknown 32 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 26 19%
Computer Science 12 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 7%
Social Sciences 7 5%
Other 34 24%
Unknown 41 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 May 2020.
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#7,848,514
of 25,138,857 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#2,168
of 5,862 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#140,555
of 437,997 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#48
of 127 outputs
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