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Map of COVID-19 Research shows Clinical Trials related to Corona-virus

Posted in Press release, Services on Mar 23rd, 2020

Many informative maps are available to follow the spread of COVID-19. This is important information but only part of the story. The global scientific and medical communities have immediately responded to the outbreak with focused research activities. This has led to clinical trials and scientific publications worldwide. The Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation [...]

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Understanding human mobility from social media data for epidemic surveillance in urban environment

Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2019

Vector-born diseases – such as Malaria, Dengue or Zika are serious health hazards in tropical regions. The outbreaks show high temporal and spatial variability. For example, the number of dengue cases in the state of São Paulo increased by 2,124% in the first 11 weeks of 2019 (up to March 16, 229,064 cases were reported), [...]

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