Planning for monitoring the introduction and effectiveness of new vaccines using real-word data and geospatial visualization: An example using rotavirus vaccines with potential application to SARS-CoV-2.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious diseases continue to cause significant impact on human health. Vaccines are instrumental in preventing infectious diseases and mitigating pandemics and epidemics. SARS-CoV-2 is the most recent example of an urgent pandemic that requires the development of vaccines. This study combined real-world data and geospatial visualization techniques to demonstrate methods to monitor and communicate the uptake and impact of existing and new vaccines.

Methods

Observational data of existing pediatric rotavirus vaccines were used as an example. A large US national insurance claims database was accessed to build an analytic dataset for a 20-year period (1996-2017). For each week and multiple geographic scales, animated spatial and non-spatial visualization techniques

SUBMITTER: Mast TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7832975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature