title: Grid-based International Network for Flu observation (g-INFO).
abstract: The 2009 H1N1 outbreak has demonstrated that continuing vigilance, planning, and strong public health research capability are essential defenses against emerging health threats. Molecular epidemiology of influenza virus strains provides scientists with clues about the temporal and geographic evolution of the virus. In the present paper, researchers from France and Vietnam are proposing a global surveillance network based on grid technology: the goal is to federate influenza data servers and deploy automatically molecular epidemiology studies. A first prototype based on AMGA and the WISDOM Production Environment extracts daily from NCBI influenza H1N1 sequence data which are processed through a phylogenetic analysis pipeline deployed on EGEE and AuverGrid e-infrastructures. The analysis results are displayed on a web portal (http://g-info.healthgrid.org) for epidemiologists to monitor H1N1 pandemics.
authors.affiliation: Institut de la Francophonie pour l'Informatique, L'équipe Modélisation et Simulation Informatique, 42, Ta Quang Buu, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Trung-Tung
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Doan
authors.forename: Aurélien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Ana Lucia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Da-Costa
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Thanh-Hoa
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Legre
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maigne
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salzemann
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sarramia
authors.forename: Hong-Quang
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Breton
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D038622:Internationality; D011159:Population Surveillance