Modeling Bronchiolitis Incidence Proportions in the Presence of Spatio-Temporal Uncertainty.

ABSTRACT: Bronchiolitis (inflammation of the lower respiratory tract) in infants is primarily due to viral infection and is the single most common cause of infant hospitalization in the United States. To increase epidemiological understanding of bronchiolitis (and, subsequently, develop better prevention strategies), this research analyzes data on infant bronchiolitis cases from the U.S. Military Health System between the years 2003-2013 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. For privacy reasons, child home addresses, birth dates, and diagnosis dates were randomized (jittered) creating spatio-temporal uncertainty in the geographic location and timing of bronchiolitis incidents. Using spatio-temporal point patterns, we created a modeling strategy that accounts for the jittering to estimate and quantify the uncer

SUBMITTER: Heaton MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7531179 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature