epicontacts

epicontacts provides R-based integration, visualization, and analysis of epidemiological line lists and contact networks to support outbreak investigation and contact tracing.

Key Features:

• Unified Data Structure: Integrates case line lists and contact records into a single cohesive object for combined processing and analysis.
• Interactive Visualization: Generates interactive visualizations for exploration of contact networks and transmission patterns.
• Network Analysis Techniques: Implements network analysis methods to examine the structure and properties of epidemiological contact networks.

Scientific Applications:

• Contact Tracing: Mapping and identification of contacts between cases to elucidate transmission pathways.
• Outbreak Modeling: Providing contact network inputs for simulation and analysis of disease spread.
• Intervention Assessment: Analyzing changes in contact patterns to assess the effects of public health interventions.

Methodology:

Integrates line list and contact data into a unified object, applies network analysis methods, and generates network visualizations.