by Angus Cameron | 19 May, 2020 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 May 2020, LYON, FRANCE Inexpensive tools for detecting disease, such as self-reported symptoms, can be much more effective at discovering new outbreaks than depending only on laboratory tests. This is one of the key messages of research that...
by Angus Cameron | 30 Jun, 2018 | Opinion
A brief exploration of how unsubstantiated statements can enter the scientific literature and rapidly take on an air of reliability, in only three generations. In 1675, Isaac Newton famously said “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of...
by Angus Cameron | 24 Apr, 2016 | GIS, PostgreSQL, SQL
Seaway distance, or the shortest route between two points via water, is an important measure of risk for disease spread between aquaculture establishments. Salmon aquaculture, for example, is usually located in complex fjords, which means that there are numerous...
by Angus Cameron | 15 Apr, 2016 | GIS
In epidemiology, analysis of data by space (mapping) and by time (e.g. epidemic curves) are seen as essential tools for understanding disease dynamics and causal factors. However, temporo-spatial visualisation has been less commonly used because of the complexity of...