Situational awareness is important for both early warning and early detection of a disease outbreak. We will describe a suite of tools developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory that provide actionable information and knowledge for enhanced situational awareness during an unfolding event. The BRD is a searchable database, a one stop shop for disease surveillance resources and can be used for validating information received about disease outbreaks. The BaRD is a searchable database that catalogs and classifies epidemiological model-specific information to allow facile selection. The SWAP is an app to provide a context for a rapidly unfolding event through graphical visualization.
Data that leads to identification of a pathogen, or confirmed diagnosis of disease Syndromic Health-related data that may precede or substitute for formal diagnosis Environmental Pertaining to data streams that are not related to health parameters, such as social, natural, and built environments Context for data stream Data stream described by
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