Could it be monkeypox? Use of an AI-based epidemic early warning system to monitor rash and fever illness

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The EPIWATCH artificial intelligence (AI) system scans open-source data using automated technology and can be used to detect early warnings of infectious disease outbreaks. In May 2022, a multicountry outbreak of Mpox in non-endemic countries was confirmed by the World Health Organization. This study aimed to identify signals of fever and rash-like illness using EPIWATCH and, if detected, determine if they represented potential Mpox outbreaks.

Study design

The EPIWATCH AI system was used to detect global signals for syndromes of rash and fever that may have represented a missed diagnosis of Mpox from 1 month prior to the initial case confirmation in the United Kingdom (7 May 2022) to 2 months following.

Methods

Articles were extracted from EPIWATCH and

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10264965 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature