fluEvidenceSynthesis: An R package for evidence synthesis based analysis of epidemiological outbreaks.

Edwin van Leeuwen ORCID logo; Petra Klepac ORCID logo; Dominic Thorrington; Richard Pebody; Marc Baguelin ORCID logo; (2017) fluEvidenceSynthesis: An R package for evidence synthesis based analysis of epidemiological outbreaks. PLoS computational biology, 13 (11). e1005838-. ISSN 1553-734X DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005838
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Public health related decisions often have to balance the cost of intervention strategies with the benefit of the reduction in disease burden. While the cost can often be inferred, forward modelling of the effect of different intervention options is complicated and disease specific. Here we introduce a package that is aimed to simplify this process. The package allows one to infer parameters using a Bayesian approach, perform forward modelling of the likely results of the proposed intervention and finally perform cost effectiveness analysis of the results. The package is based on a method previously used in the United Kingdom to inform vaccination strategies for influenza, with extensions to make it easily adaptable to other diseases and data sources.


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