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1 Advancing the science and application of epidemic forecasting Michael A Johansson The findings and conclusions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2 all decisions are made on the basis of models. Most models are in our heads. - Jay Forrester Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one. - Voltaire

3 April 2009: Where will H1N1 spread?

4 June 2014: How fast will CHIKV spread? Cauchemez et al., Eurosurveillance, 2014

5 Sept. 2014: What will be the impact of Ebola? WHO Ebola Response Team, NEJM, 2014

6 Dec. 2015: Will this be an early flu season? predict.phiresearchlab.org

7 Arboviruses (Flaviviruses West Nile virus Dengue virus Zika virus Yellow fever virus

8 JANUARY locally-acquired yellow fever cases

9 Forecasting spread

10 A model City A City B

11 5?

12 ?

13 1. Incidence - How many infections are occurring in source locations? 2. Movement - How frequently do infected people travel to unaffected locations? 3. Transmissibility - How likely is transmission in unaffected locations? ? Johansson et al., PLOS One, 2011 Johansson et al., ASTMH, 2012

14 A massive simulation model S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J Johansson et al., PLOS One, 2011 Johansson et al., ASTMH, 2012

15 Massive simulation Branching process S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J IMPORT I, (, 1 (1 sm p im= p s S m M i, s, m D S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J S V E V I V S R E R I R R R S T (1 E T (1 I T ( 1 R T (1 S T (2 E T (2 I T ( 2 R T (2 S T (J E T (J I T ( J R T (J pauto( i = 1 1 pism,, + pism,, e s S m M HM im R MH 0 im, R0, ( e 1 I sm, D Johansson et al., ASTMH, 2012

16 Validation Probability of local transmission Johansson et al., ASTMH, 2012

17 DECEMBER locally-acquired chikungunya cases

18 Data 1. Incidence Asymptomatic Unreported Reporting delay

19 Data 1. Incidence 2. Movement Long-term change Differences for cases Response to epidemic

20 Data 1. Incidence 2. Movement 3. Transmissibility Infectious period Mosquito spp./strain Mosquito abundance Vector competence

21 Uncertainties

22 DECEMBER 2013 DECEMBER 2013 Areas with local transmission

23 DECEMBER 2013 DECEMBER 2013 Air travel routes from areas with local transmission

24 DECEMBER 2013 Probability of at least one infected traveler arriving

25 DECEMBER 2013 Probability of at least one infected traveler arriving Johansson et al., PLOS One,

26 Probability of at least one infected traveler arriving: Local Cases Reported Johansson et al., PLOS One,

27 Probability of at least one local case: Local Cases Reported Johansson et al., PLOS One,

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29 Local transmission First reported case 16/34 reported the first case within one month of prediction Probability of transmission > 0.5

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33 0.5+ Probability of at least one local case & no local cases reported

34 Florida number of infected travelers number of local cases

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36 Forecasting spread Relatively simple models can capture key invasion components and predict spread. Key uncertainties: Land travel Local transmissibility Future incidence

37 Forecasting dengue epidemics San Juan, Puerto Rico

38 Reported dengue cases (globally Published dengue models Reiner, Perkins, et al., J R Soc Interface, 2013

39 Dengue - San Juan 2010/ / / /2009

40 WK /2011 Dengue - San Juan 2011/ / / /2009

41 WK /2011 Dengue - San Juan 2012/ / / /2009

42 WK /2011 Dengue - San Juan 2012/ / / /2009

43 WK /2011 Dengue - San Juan 2012/ / / /2009

44 WK /2011 Dengue - San Juan 2012/ / / /2009

45 WK /2011 Dengue - San Juan 2012/ / / /2009

46 Dengue forecast error for Mexico Mean Johansson et al., Scientific Reports, 2016

47 Dengue forecast error for Mexico Mean Monthly mean Johansson et al., Scientific Reports, 2016

48 Dengue forecast error for Mexico Temperature Mean Monthly mean Johansson et al., Scientific Reports, 2016

49 Dengue forecast error for Mexico Autocorrelation Temperature Mean Monthly mean Johansson et al., Scientific Reports, 2016

50 Dengue forecast error for Mexico Autocorrelation Temperature Mean Monthly mean Autocorrelation + seasonality Johansson et al., Scientific Reports, 2016

51 A framework for forecasting 1. Establish objectives and targets 2. Identify, acquire, and/or simulate data 3. Formulate models 4. Evaluate predictions 5. Forecast

52 TARGET Key characteristics Decision-oriented Measurable

53 DATA Target Key characteristics Training & testing Future availability Public

54 MODEL Key characteristics Out-of-sample forecasts Estimate uncertainty

55 EVALUATION Make predictions public Key characteristics Compare to a baseline model Assess model confidence

56 Uncertainty is everywhere Uncertainty Forecast Nowcast Surveillance (Hindcast Past Present Future Time

57 It ain t what you don t know that gets you into trouble. It s what you know for sure that just ain t so. - Mark Twain

58 The Upshot's elections model suggests that Hillary Clinton is favored to win the presidency, based on the latest state and national polls. - Josh Katz

59 Log score: S = log(p i NYT 538 HP PW PEC DK Cook Roth Sab. Naïve p log score

60 Evaluation across states NYT 538 HP PW PEC DK Naïve log score skill Log score: S =(1/n log(p i Skill: e S

61 1. The epidemic will peak in week 25.

62 1. The epidemic will peak in week There is an 80% chance that the epidemic will peak in week 25.

63 1. The epidemic will peak in week There is an 80% chance that the epidemic will peak in week There is an 80% chance that the epidemic will peak between week 24 and week 26.

64 Peak week forecast

65 Peak week forecast Observed peak week Log score S = log(p i

66 Peak week forecast Observed peak week Log score(ish S = log(p i-1 + p i + p i+1

67 State of dengue forecasting 1. Lots of models 2. Little sense of appropriateness of models for decision-making 3. No quantitative models being routinely used for decision-making

68 Dengue Forecasting Project June September, 2015 dengueforecasting.noaa.gov predict.phiresearchlab.org INTERAGENCY PPFST Working Group OSTP: Dylan George NOAA: Jesse Bell, Juli Trtanj BARDA: Jason Asher, Matt Clay DOD: Brett Forshey, Vivek Khatri, Aaron Kite-Powell, Caitlin Rivers DATA Puerto Rico Department of Health: Brenda Rivera UC Davis: Tom Scott, Amy Morrison, Steve Stoddard, Chris Barker, Sandy Olkowski PROJECT PARTICIPANTS Breaking Bad Bone Fever: Anna Buzcak Colombia: Jeff Shaman D2DCRC: Nick Lothian Delphi: Roni Rosenfeld ENVADEM: Justin Lessler IC3: Rachel Lowe ICREA: Xavier Rodó Kernel of Truth: Evan Ray RAND: Osonde Osoba RAObots: DJ Rao Arete: Karyn Apfeldorf WVU: Antarpreet Jutla UCSF: Travis Porco UMN: Matteo Convertino VectorAnalytica: Eloy Ortiz VectorBiTE: Leah Johnson

69 TARGETS 1. Peak incidence

70 TARGETS 2. Peak week 1. Peak incidence

71 TARGETS 2. Peak week 1. Peak incidence 3. Total cases

72 DATA Dengue - San Juan, Puerto Rico Dengue - Iquitos, Peru

73 MODELS Reiner, Perkins, et al., J R Soc Interface, 2013

74 Forecasts 16 Teams 3 Targets 2 Locations 8 Years 13 Forecasts per year 9,984 Predictions 256,256 Numbers to evaluate

75 San Juan Week 12, 2012/2013 incidence week

76 San Juan Peak Week Week 12, 2012/2013 Observed peak Observed peak Observed peak

77 San Juan - Peak Incidence Testing Seasons

78 Breaking Bad Bone Fever UCSF Breaking Bad Bone Fever Arete VectorBiTE Delphi

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81 Peak week Peak incidence Total incidence

82 Peak week Peak incidence Total incidence

83 Dengue Forecasting Conclusions Approaches: Ensembles generally had higher performance Climate, serotype, mechanistic, vector remains to be determined Forecasts: Early season forecasting is challenging Big seasons are harder to forecast Some forecast models may be useful for situational awareness

84 A framework for forecasting 1. Establish objectives and targets 2. Identify, acquire, and/or simulate data 3. Formulate models 4. Evaluate predictions 5. Forecast

85 Influenza Forecasting 2016/ Targets Seasonal: onset, peak week, peak height Short-term: 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-weeks ahead 2. Data Outcome: ILINet Input: Anything 3. Models 26 models 4. Evaluation Log score

86 predict.phiresearchlab.org 1 wk ahead 2 wk ahead 3 wk ahead 4 wk ahead

87 Epidemic Prediction Initiative predict.phiresearchlab.org github.com/cdcepi(/zika OBJECTIVES 1. Connect with decision makers 2. Facilitate forecasting projects 3. Open data 4. Deliver forecasts 5. Standardize forecast formats & evaluation

88 Forecasting challenges 2013-today: Seasonal influenza, US (CDC 2015: Seasonal dengue, Puerto Rico & Peru (White House, CDC, NOAA, DOD 2015: Chikungunya epidemics, Americas (DARPA 2015: Simulated Ebola epidemics, West Africa (NIH

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90 Acknowledgements Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Luis Mier-y-Teran Matt Biggerstaff Craig McGowan Neysarí Arana-Vizcarrondo Brad Biggerstaff Erin Staples Ann Powers Nicki Pesik Nicole Cohen Nancy Gallagher Nina Marano Yoni Haber Andre Berro Forecasting Challenge Participants & Organizers External Collaborators Mauricio Santillana (Harvard Medical School Nicholas Reich (UMASS Amherst Aditi Hota (Harvard University John Brownstein (Harvard Medical School The findings and conclusions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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