title: Detecting linkages between human illness and Salmonella isolates in food using a new tool for spatio-temporal analysis of multi-stream data.
abstract: We present a prototype tool designed to enable computationally efficient visualization of data and its spatio-temporal analysis by food safety and public health investigators. Its utility is evaluated in the following contexts: (1) Investigation of relationships between cases of Salmonella related human illness and Salmonella positives in meat and poultry products at USDA regulated establishments; (2) Identification and detection of patterns in food safety data which may impact public health.
authors.affiliation: Auton Lab, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Lujie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Artur W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Dubrawski
authors.forename: Saswati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baysek
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dunham
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huckabee
authors.forename: Paula J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Fedorka-Cray
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McGlinchey
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface