* GLobal Epidemic and Mobility model is on “Science on a Sphere”

The Global Epidemic and Mobility model developed by the Epiwork WP4 (“Computational Modeling Platform”) teams has been used to generate an animation that displays the evolution of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic on the Science On a Sphere® , a large visualization system that uses computers and video projectors to display animated data onto the outside of a sphere. The animation (see here) allows Science On a Sphere® users to learn about the epidemic spreading on the global scale.

Science On a Sphere® was initially developed as a way to explore environmental data using new visualization techniques and its is now used as unique and powerful teaching tool. Science On a Sphere is installed at an increasing number of sites around the world. The current list of installation locations can be found here.



New paper on BMC Infectious Disease on adjusting the estimated cases of flu during the pandemic, by using internet-based surveillance

During the 2009 H1N1v influenza epidemic, the total number of symptomatic cases was estimated by combining influenza-like illness (ILI) consultations, virological surveillance and assumptions about healthcare-seeking behaviour. Changes in healthcare-seeking behaviour due to changing scientific information, media coverage and public anxiety, were not included in case estimates. The purpose of the study described in the paper was to improve estimates of the number of symptomatic H1N1v cases and the case fatality rate (CFR) in England by quantifying healthcare-seeking behaviour using an internet-based survey carried out during the course of the 2009 H1N1v influenza epidemic.

The study is discussed in detail on the paper:

Using an online survey of healthcare-seeking behaviour to estimate the magnitude and severity of the 2009 H1N1v influenza epidemic in England,

E. Brooks-Pollock, N. Tilston, W.J. Edmunds and K.T.D. Eames, BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:68



GLEaMviz Simulator: new software release and BMC publication

An updated version of the GLEaMviz Simulator software, which offers an improved interface for the visualization of simulations’ results, has been released and is publicly available.

The software tool is discussed in detail in a new publication on BMC Infectious Disease


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