topological-data-analysis

Ensemble Forecasting of the Zika Space-Time Spread with Topological Data Analysis

Marwah Soliman, Vyacheslav Lyubchich and Yulia R. Gel / 2020-10-22

As per the records of the World Health Organization, the first formally reported incidence of Zika virus occurred in Brazil in May 2015. The disease then rapidly spread to other countries in Americas and East Asia, affecting more than 1,000,000 people. Zika virus is primarily transmitted through…

statistics

A Tale of Two Parasites...one statistician's career journey

Peter J. Diggle, Emanuele Giorgi, Julienne Atsame, Sylvie Ntsame Ella, Kisito Ogoussan, and Katherine Gass / 2020-10-05

Vector-borne diseases have long presented major challenges to the health of rural communities in the wet tropical regions of the world, but especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we describe the contribution that statistical modelling has made to the global elimination programme for one…