Flu & URI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR MODELLING AND FORECASTING INFLUENZA AND INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS: A SCOPING REVIEW

The persistnt resurgence of influence and influenza-like illness despite concerted vaccination interventions is a global health burden, thus necessitating accurate tools for early intervention and preparedness. This scoping review aims to map the currently available literature on artificial intelligence (AI)-based forecasting models for seasonal influenza and to identify trends in those published ...

Fast and Trustworthy Nowcasting of Dengue Fever: A Case Study Using Attention-Based Probabilistic Neural Networks in São Paulo, Brazil

Nowcasting methods are crucial in infectious disease surveillance, as reporting delays often lead to underestimation of recent incidence and can impair timely public health decision-making. Accurate real-time estimates of case counts are essential for resource allocation, policy responses, and communication with the public. In this paper, we propose a novel probabilistic neural network (PNN) archi...

A comparative analysis of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in a pediatric cohort over 18 years

Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika are diseases of major human concern. Differential diagnosis is complicated in children and adolescents by their overlapp...

AI Implementation in U.S. Healthcare and Its Association With Elder Mortality and Quality of Care

Hospitals are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools in clinical care. However, their overall impact on the health of older adults r...

Dengue forecasting and outbreak detection in Brazil using LSTM: integrating human mobility and climate factors

Dengue fever is a major global health concern, with Brazil experiencing recurrent and severe outbreaks due to its favorable climate factors, socio-env...

Mapping Inequities in Global Vaccine Sentiment Research

Negative public sentiment towards vaccination (PSV) poses significant challenges to the effectiveness of immunization programs, with dramatic effects ...

Diagnostic accuracy of a high-throughput multiplex immunoassay for the detection of Mpox virus infection and MVA-BN vaccination up to two years after exposure

Mpox, caused by mpox virus (MPXV), has gained global attention following the 2022 Clade IIb outbreak and the emergence of two novel Clade I lineages i...

Evaluation of the Bangkok Health Research and Ethics Interest Group: reflecting on the experiences of group members, researchers and facilitators participating in an urban community advisory board in Thailand

The Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), headquartered in Bangkok, conducts research on tropical medicine and global health. MORU wo...

CLINICAL VALIDATION OF SWAASA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM USING COUGH SOUNDS FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Analysis of cough sounds have the potential to give a clue regarding the underlying respiratory disease. The Swaasa AI platform using artificial intel...

Automating Handwritten Vaccination Record Transcription with Generative Multimodal AI Models: A Proof of Concept Study from The Gambia

Handwritten home-based vaccination records (HBRs) are a vital source of immunization data, yet manual transcription in household surveys is time-consu...

Stochastic Chaos in Influenza Data – An Application of Topological Methods

Empirical methods of chaos theory have been applied to epidemiological data, uncovering evidence of chaos. In the current work, we apply, to the weekl...

Associations Between Meteorological Factors and Influenza A/B Incidence in Subtropical China: A Six-Year Surveillance Study with Deep Learning Modelling for Influenza Early Warning

Influenza burden in subtropical regions like southeastern China is shaped by meteorological factors-driven complex transmission patterns that differ f...

Ensemble Machine Learning for Malaria Diagnosis in Resource-Limited Settings Using Clinical and Demographic Features

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to shoulder the heaviest burden of malaria. The 2024 WHO malaria report highlighted that Africa contributed an alarming 9...

Comparative Analysis of Long COVID and Post-Vaccination Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study of Clinical Symptoms and Machine Learning-Based Differentiation

Long COVID is a well-documented post-viral syndrome, while post-vaccination syndrome (PVS) remains poorly characterized. Understanding their similarit...

Human breast cancer is linked to Epstein-Barr virus because it targets stem cells: bioinformatic chromosome correlations

Breast cancer originates from rare “cancer stem cells”. Stem cells are especially susceptible to becoming cancerous because they readily become differ...

Spirometry parameter prediction using Acoustic characteristics of Cough

Spirometry evaluates lung function by measuring airflow post-maximal inspiration, using parameters like FEV1, FVC, and the FEV1/FVC ratio for respirat...

Spatial Distribution and Associated Factors Influencing 2024 Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign Coverage among Children Aged 9–59 Months in Mainland Tanzania

Globally, measles remains a major cause of child mortality, and rubella is the leading cause of birth defects among all infectious diseases. In Mainla...

Temperature dominates dengue transmission in Thailand: Machine learning reveals critical thresholds and COVID-19 disruption

Dengue fever remains a critical public health challenge in Thailand, with transmission dynamics driven by complex interactions between environmental a...

Candidate Correlates of Protection in the HVTN505 HIV-1 Vaccine Efficacy Trial Identified by Positive-Unlabeled Learning

With a goal of unveiling mechanisms by which vaccines can provide protection against HIV-1 acquisition, several studies have explored correlates of ri...

Machine Learning-Driven Identification of Serotype-Independent Pneumococcal Vaccine Candidates using samples from Human Infection Challenge Studies

Identifying conserved, immunogenic proteins that confer protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation could enable development of serotype-...