MOOD case studies

The MOOD project is collaborating with national and international Public and Veterinary Health agencies in Europe (end-users) to enhance their Epidemic Intelligence capacity through currently five study cases on airborne, vector-borne, multiple transmission routes diseases, including AMR and disease X.

Goal of the MOOD case studies

The technical innovations envisioned by MOOD are based on the constant involvement and co-design with users to ensure they meet their needs. The MOOD case studies establish a close collaborative space where MOOD researchers and end-users discuss together the development of Epidemic Intelligence (EI) tools for a routine use. The case studies focus on model pathogens based on (1) their current impact on the European public health in terms of burden in humans and animals; (2) the economic cost related to their medical care and for outbreak monitoring and control; (3) their sensitivity to climate and other environmental changes and the potential to further emerge; (4) their representativeness of different disease systems (transmission routes) for which different data streams are needed to monitor and early detect possible outbreaks.

In the past year, the MOOD sociologists worked with end-users from Public Health and Veterinary Health agencies from five different countries to identify their daily working routines and desired innovations to improve disease detection, monitoring and assessment. This analysis provided an up-to-date overview of the innovations that end-users expect from the MOOD project.

The study cases will offer the occasion for MOOD researchers to help tackle major EI challenges on:

Data & Covariates

Text Mining

Modelling

Tool Access

MOOD's Case Study Diseases

Would you like to learn more about each disease description, literature review, profile, dashboard(s), associated publication, risk map, and various outputs? Visit the dedicated Case Study pages below.

Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE)

Avian Influenza

(HPAI)

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Dengue (DEN) and Chikungunya (CHIK)

Leptospirosis

(LEPTO)

West Nile Virus

(WNV)

Disease X

(COVID-19)

MOOD platform for Epidemic Intelligence

MOOD’s main objective is to significantly contribute to the fight against infectious disease threats, including AMR and unknown diseases, by improving the early detection, follow-up, and assessment of infectious disease threats. The case studies aim to facilitate the interactions and exchange between researchers and users while developing generic, open-source tools to enhance epidemic intelligence, that will be:

1. Adapted to users needs, i.e. that respond in an efficient and relevant way to the problems they have posed during the identification of the needs;

2. Sustainable, which implies that they are operational and integrated into the reality of their activities and working conditions in a sustainable manner;
3. Integrated generic and disease-specific modules for maximum flexibility and usefulness of the outputs.

The facilitators

The case study facilitator is the reference person for each case, in charge of coordinating the work on producing tools and solving users’ problems. This involves:

- Organization of the activities related to the case, bringing together end-users and MOOD researchers to address specific questions as defined in the roadmap for each group;
- Linking interdisciplinary issues within each case, and setting up collaborations between different MOOD teams to tackle the challenges;
- Monitoring the progress for his/her group and in collaboration with the MOOD coordination team;
- In collaboration with the impact assessment managers of MOOD set the indicators to measure the change of practices among EI practitioners, assess the impact of the innovations and the innovation pathway.