EpiMap: towards quantifying contact networks and modelling the spread of infections in developing countries

Eiko Yoneki, J. Crowcroft
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We describe the EpiMap project, in which mobile phones and sensors record the proximity of other devices, to gather information on human interactions within the rural communities of developing countries. Collected information will be used to develop improved mathematical models of the spread of infectious diseases, such as measles, tuberculosis and pneumococcal diseases. Modelling will be complemented by the use of surveys to aid in the understanding of living conditions in these villages. EpiMap is an extension of the FluPhone project, which we carried out in 2010. FluPhone collected data on human interaction, by using mobile phones to record information such as locality and user symptoms. Delay tolerant opportunistic networks such as the Haggle framework [5] were used as a basis for communication. We introduce the EpiMap vision for a system of opportunistic networks combined with satellite communication, designed to face the challenges posed by weak power and communications infrastructure in the rural regions of developing countries in Asia, Africa and South America. We aim to use a delay-tolerant small satellite for data transfer between developing countries and Europe and North America. Data collected through EpiMap can be used to help design more efficient vaccination strategies and equitable control programmes.
EpiMap:实现接触网络的量化和发展中国家感染传播的建模
我们描述了EpiMap项目,在该项目中,移动电话和传感器记录其他设备的接近程度,以收集发展中国家农村社区内人类互动的信息。收集到的资料将用于发展传染病传播的改进数学模型,例如麻疹、肺结核和肺炎球菌病。将利用调查作为建模的补充,以帮助了解这些村庄的生活条件。EpiMap是我们在2010年开展的FluPhone项目的扩展。FluPhone通过使用移动电话记录位置和用户症状等信息,收集有关人类互动的数据。延迟容忍机会网络,如Haggle框架[5]被用作通信的基础。我们介绍了EpiMap对机会网络与卫星通信相结合的系统的设想,旨在应对亚洲、非洲和南美洲发展中国家农村地区电力和通信基础设施薄弱所带来的挑战。我们的目标是使用一颗容忍延迟的小卫星在发展中国家与欧洲和北美之间传输数据。通过EpiMap收集的数据可用于帮助设计更有效的疫苗接种战略和公平的控制规划。
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