Use of the Chainchecker application: Uganda's experience during the 2022 Sudan Virus Disease outbreak.

ABSTRACT: On September 20, 2022, the Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Virus Disease (SVD). As the outbreak grew, it became imperative to quickly visualize and analyze chains of disease transmission. Determining epidemiological links between cases is critical for outbreak control as incorrect linkages may result in missed case detection and undetected disease transmission. We describe the Uganda Ministry of Health's experience using Chainchecker, a computer application designed to visualize and verify transmission chain data. To use Chainchecker, a line list documenting the epidemiological details associated with individual cases is uploaded to the application. To verify epidemiologic linkages, the application calculates the exposure windows for each case based on user-defined

SUBMITTER: Akunzirwe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12011214 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature