COVID19-world: a shiny application to perform comprehensive country-specific data visualization for SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Pau Satorra¹  Cristian Tebé¹  Joan Valls²  Aurelio Tobías³ 

[1] Biostatistics Unit, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Hospitalet de Llobregat, 199 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain;Department of Mathematics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain;

关键词: SARS-CoV-2;    COVID-19;    Epidemic;    Data visualization;    Poisson regression;    Mortality;    Mortality rate;    Case fatality rate;    Basic reproduction number;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12874-020-01121-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundData analysis and visualization is an essential tool for exploring and communicating findings in medical research, especially in epidemiological surveillance.ResultsData on COVID-19 diagnosed cases and mortality, from January 1st, 2020, onwards is collected automatically from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). We have developed a Shiny application for data visualization and analysis of several indicators to follow the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic using ECDC data. A country-specific tool for basic epidemiological surveillance, in an interactive and user-friendly manner. The available analyses cover time trends and projections, attack rate, population fatality rate, case fatality rate, and basic reproduction number.ConclusionsThe COVID19-World online web application systematically produces daily updated country-specific data visualization and analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic worldwide. The application may help for a better understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic worldwide.

【 授权许可】

CC BY