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aedseo

Description

The Automated and Early Detection of Seasonal Epidemic Onset andBurden Levels (aedseo) package provides a powerful tool forautomating the early detection of seasonal epidemic onsets in timeseries data. It offers the ability to estimate growth rates forconsecutive time intervals. With use of the average observations withinthose intervals and an estimated disease-specific threshold it alsooffers the possibility to estimate seasonal onset of epidemics.Additionally it offers the ability to estimate burden levels for seasonsbased on historical data. It is aimed towards epidemiologists, publichealth professionals, and researchers seeking to identify and respond toseasonal epidemics in a timely fashion.

Installation

# Install aedseo from CRANinstall.packages("aedseo")

Development version

You can install the development version ofaedseo fromGitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")devtools::install_github("ssi-dk/aedseo")

Getting started

To quickly get started withaedseo, follow thesesteps:

1. Install the package using the code provided above.
2. Load the package withlibrary(aedseo).
3. Create a time series data object (tsd) from your datausing theto_time_series() function orgenerate_seasonal_data() functions.
4. Apply thecombined_seasonal_output() function to get acomprehensive seasonal analysis with seasonal onset and burdenlevels.

Vignette

For a more detailed introduction to the workflow of this package, seetheGet Started vignette or run;vignette("aedseo").

Contributing

We welcome contributions to theaedseo package. Feelfree to open issues, submit pull requests, or provide feedback to helpus improve.