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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Epidemic prevalence surveys are crucial for monitoring infectious disease spread.
  • Bayesian statistical methods have advanced for analyzing epidemic survey data, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare existing Bayesian approaches (Bayesian P-splines, Gaussian processes) with a novel sequential Monte Carlo method for analyzing epidemic survey data.
  • To investigate the impact of survey design and epidemic dynamics on estimation quality.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of three Bayesian smoothing and inference approaches: Bayesian P-splines, approximate Gaussian processes, and a novel random walk with sequential Monte Carlo fitting.
  • Application to simulated data and real-world SARS-CoV-2 prevalence data (REACT-1 study).

Main Results:

  • All three Bayesian approaches produced similar estimates of infection prevalence when appropriate considerations were included.
  • Estimates of epidemic growth rate and instantaneous reproduction number were more sensitive to underlying assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • The choice of Bayesian method impacts estimates of epidemic dynamics more than prevalence.
  • A novel, computationally efficient sequential Monte Carlo approach is presented alongside practical guidance for analyzing epidemic survey data.