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Adaptive sequential surveillance with network and temporal dependence.

Ivana Malenica^1,2, Jeremy R Coyle³, Mark J van der Laan²

¹Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States.

|January 28, 2024

Summary

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This study introduces an adaptive testing strategy for pandemic control, optimizing resource allocation to identify cases and track outbreaks effectively. The method learns optimal testing over time, adapting to current conditions for superior epidemic management.

Keywords:

TMLE adaptive sequential design epidemics infectious disease optimal individualized treatment surveillance

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Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Infectious Disease Modeling

Background:

Effective pandemic control (e.g., COVID-19, HIV) relies on strategic testing for case identification and outbreak tracking.
Infectious disease surveillance faces statistical challenges, including latent outcomes and complex network/temporal dependencies.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate an adaptive sequential testing design for optimizing epidemic control under resource constraints.
To address challenges of latent outcomes and unspecified dependencies in infectious disease surveillance.

Main Methods:

An adaptive sequential design allowing for unspecified network and temporal dependencies.
Utilized a short-term performance Online Super Learner for selecting dependence models and randomization schemes.
Employed agent-based simulation in a university setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Main Results:

The proposed strategy learns optimal testing choices dynamically, adapting to outbreak states.
Demonstrated superior performance compared to unspecified strategies in simulations.
Effectively managed testing allocation by learning across samples and time.

Conclusions:

The adaptive sequential design offers a robust approach to strategic test allocation in pandemics.
The method's ability to handle unspecified dependencies enhances its applicability in real-world surveillance.
This strategy holds significant potential for improving epidemic control and resource management.