Terminating pandemics with smartwatches.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have demonstrated that wearable devices, such as smartwatches, can accurately detect infections in presymptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. Yet, the extent to which smartwatches can contribute to prevention and control of infectious diseases through a subsequent reduction in social contacts is not fully understood. We developed a multiscale modeling framework that integrates within-host viral dynamics and between-host interactions to estimate the risk of viral disease outbreaks within a given population. We used the model to evaluate the population-level effectiveness of smartwatch detection in reducing the transmission of three COVID-19 variants and seasonal and pandemic influenza. With a 66% reduction in contacts after smartwatch-based disease detection, we estimate th

SUBMITTER: Vesinurm M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11879515 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature