Software Release Will Help with Infectious Disease Outbreaks
The new software TranStat was initiated and developed by a team of epidemiologists and computer scientists who work with the Model of Infectious Disease Agent Study, which basically supports the efforts internationally to build programs for the specific reason of studying infectious disease and the spreading factor.
TranStat can be downloaded free and can be used by public health officials to systematically enter and store disease data. Data that is included can be sex, age, symptoms, close contacts, as well as any interventions that the patient might have received. This software also allows the health officials to enter specific details that regard to those who have been exposed but not infected.
The program also uses information that will statistically determine the probability that people who have contracted the disease, and spread the infections. It also gives real time estimation that averages out the number of people that could be infected and how fast that infection progresses through out a specific setting.
Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences states "A main goal of MIDAS is to make the models developed by the researchers available to the public health community and policymakers," he also goes on to add, "TranStat is a great example of how MIDAS is providing tools to help communities prepare for emerging infectious disease outbreaks."
More studies that will allow future software enhancements are underway and will be available in the near future. If you are interested in learning more about TranStat and MIDAS (Model of Infectious Disease Agent Study), please visit http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Initiatives/MIDAS/ for more information.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) - The Nation's Medical Research Agency- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
SOURCE : New Software To Aid Early Detection of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2007/nigms-06.htm
Published by Jeanne Marie Kerns
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8 Comments
Post a CommentI think good software will eventually be the next medical breakthough after antibiotics. Doctors just have such a bad record with diagnosis. Excellent article.
Good to know, but then there are always new ones, aren't there?
Fascinating! I'm glad to hear about this.
Interesting stuff!
Interesting Jeanne.
Great Job
I wanted to write about this (even d/l'd the program) but had exceeded my quota for the day, and too little sleep. Great job though Jeanne.
It's reassuring that they're at least thing of ways to combat this stuff. Thanks for the information.
Very interesting. Thank You fer sharin'. Merry Christmas. ;-}}>