Spatial Epidemiology

Spatial epidemiology is a subfield of epidemiology that describes and analyzes geographic variations in disease distribution in relation to demographic, environmental, behavioral, socioeconomic, genetic, and infectious determinants.

13.9K

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2017–2026

6.2K

Parents

Veterinary Epidemiology

Children

Cluster DetectionData IntegrationDisease Hotspot AnalysisDisease MappingDisease SpreadDisease Surveillance GeographyExposure AssessmentGeostatistical AnalysisLandscape EpidemiologyPoint Pattern Analysis

Publications

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The Mathematics of Infectious Diseases

Herbert W. Hethcote · SIAM Review · 2000 · 6.9K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology +16

The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China

Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Chia-Hung Yang, Bernardo Gutiérrez et al. · Science · 2020 · 3.1K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +17

Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study

Antonio Gasparrini, Yuming Guo, Masahiro Hashizume et al. · The Lancet · 2015 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Population Health Sciences +17

Superspreading and the effect of individual variation on disease emergence

James O. Lloyd‐Smith, Sebastian J. Schreiber, Peter Ekkehard Kopp et al. · Nature · 2005 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Biology, Infectious Diseases +14

Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study

Adam J. Kucharski, Timothy Russell, Charlie Diamond et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +17

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Simon I Hay
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
90 publications · 18.3K citations
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Andrew J. Tatem
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
75 publications · 9.4K citations
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Penelope Vounatsou
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
79 publications · 4.5K citations
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David L. Smith
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
47 publications · 10K citations
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Archie C. A. Clements
Australian National University, Australia
72 publications · 4K citations
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PLoS ONE
691 publications · 31.6K citations
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PLoS neglected tropical diseases
363 publications · 21.7K citations
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International Journal of Health Geographics
245 publications · 14.9K citations
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Malaria Journal
221 publications · 13.7K citations
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Environmental Health Perspectives
EHP · 109 publications · 13K citations
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See also Spatial Epidemiology
Core Methods	Disease Mapping Machine Learning Hierarchical Bayesian Model Inverse Distance Weighting Deep Learning Generalized Linear Models Geary's C Ripley's K-function Spatial Analysis Spatial Lag Models Conditional Autoregressive Models Kriging Hierarchical Clustering Entropy Maximization Random Forests
Applications	Exposure Assessment Chronic Disease Epidemiology Infectious Disease Surveillance Outbreak Investigation Phylogeography Predictive Disease Modeling
Data Sources	Remote Sensing Administrative Record Electronic Health Records Biomarkers Insurance Claims Data Geotagged Data Analysis Search Engine Query Logs Climate Data Analysis Land Use Data Demographic Analysis Crowdsourced Data Contributions
Limitations	Spatial Autocorrelation Data Protection Ecological Fallacy Data Aggregation Effects Change-of-support Problem Confounding
Scale Effects	Spatial Aggregation Data Aggregation Effects Scale Effects