结合废水监测和案例数据来估计时间变化的有效繁殖数量
Shihui Jin1, Martin Tay2, Lee Ching Ng3
1Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore.
The Science of the total environment
|April 15, 2024
概括
废水监测为COVID-19传播提供了有价值的见解. 将临床数据与废水监测相结合,可以准确估计有效繁殖数 (Rt),从而优化公共卫生监测.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染病建模 传染病建模
- 公共卫生监督 公共卫生监督
背景情况:
- 废水监测是监测COVID-19等传染病的越来越多的工具.
- 现有的模型主要使用临床数据来估计有效繁殖数 (Rt),对废水数据的精度的探索有限.
- 在流行病学建模中,废水病毒载荷的附加值仍然存在不确定性.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估贝叶斯层次模型,以利用废水数据估计COVID-19传播动态.
- 为了比较来自各种数据源的Rt估计,包括临床数据和废水病毒载荷.
- 评估不同废水采样策略对估计准确性的影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了贝叶斯层次模型来重建感染轨迹并估计Rt.
- 利用多种数据流:新加坡 (2022-2023) 报告的病例,住院,死亡和废水病毒载荷.
- 在各种废水采样频率和大小下探索模型性能.
主要成果:
- 在使用不同数据流的模型中获得了一致的Rt估计.
- 纳入更多废水样本的模型显示不确定性增加和Rt的变化.
- 在病例数和确诊率的时间变化中确定了周中的一天的影响.
结论:
- 建议采用混合方法,将临床和废水监测相结合,以应对确定率的变化.
- 废水监测可能会减少采样频率或大小,而不会牺牲Rt估计的准确性.
- 在保持强大的传播见解的同时,在传染病监测中优化资源配置是可能的.
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