Enabling Hotspot Detection and Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 19 — June 23, 2022
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The disease visualization tool was developed to identify patterns of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection. This screenshot was for March 25, 2020, and shows mostly COVID-19 infections.
Figure 1.
Screenshot of an animation of the disease visualization tool, showing influenza (purple dots) and SARS-CoV-2 (red dots) infections developing and resolving over time. Dark blue dots correspond to hospitals, and light blue dots correspond to testing sites. Case coordinates are shuffled for privacy protection.
This heatmap animation of the disease visualization tool is shown at a greater magnification than Figure 1. The heatmap shows an overlay of the data in Figure 1 for March 25, 2020.
Figure 2.
Screenshot of a heatmap animation of the disease visualization tool, showing respiratory virus infection (ie, influenza or SARS-CoV-2) hotspots developing and resolving over time. Case coordinates are shuffled for privacy protection.
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