Dynamic maps aid epidemiological investigations

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

Using data on Salmonella infections, researchers demonstrate how dynamic mapping can be used to visualize the relationships between disease and environmental factors. The animated maps allow researchers to better detect temporal trends, the origins of an outbreak, patterns of disease spread, timing of seasonal outbreaks and clustering of diseases.

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