This presentation (15 min including questions) was given at the WHO Mpox Analytics Collaboratory seminar on September 5, 2024.

Overview

The epidemiology R package developer community, including Epiverse-TRACE have been developing a set of analytical tools that could help support decision-makers during outbreaks.

This presentation provided an overview of the tasks that such tools can be applied to in the context of the ongoing mpox outbreaks. This presentation is based on its companion blog post, “2024 mpox outbreak: common analytics tasks and available R tools”.

Slides

Questions

Are there any packages for incorporating phylogenetic data into reconstructing transmission chains?
- Answer: outbreaker2, TransPhylo, phybreak

Reuse

CC BY 4.0

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@online{mba_azam2024,
  author = {Mba Azam, James},
  title = {Common Analytics Tasks and Available {R} Tools/Packages},
  date = {2024-09-18},
  url = {https://epiverse-trace.github.io/slides/who-mpox-analytics-September-2024/},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Mba Azam, James. 2024. “Common Analytics Tasks and Available R Tools/Packages.” September 18, 2024. https://epiverse-trace.github.io/slides/who-mpox-analytics-September-2024/.