A Visual Approach for the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Outbreak Data Analysis
- Publisher:
- MDPI AG
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17, (11), pp. 1-16
- Issue Date:
- 2020-06-03
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Virus outbreaks are threats to humanity, and coronaviruses are the latest of many epidemics in the last few decades in the world. SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Associated Coronavirus) is a member of the coronavirus family, so its study is useful for relevant
virus data research. In this work, we conduct a proposed approach that is non-medical/clinical,
generate graphs from five features of the SARS outbreak data in five countries and regions, and
offer insights from a visual analysis perspective. The results show that prevention measures such as
quarantine are the most common control policies used, and areas with strict measures did have
fewer peak period days; for instance, Hong Kong handled the outbreak better than other areas. Data
conflict issues found with this approach are discussed as well. Visual analysis is also proved to be a
useful technique to present the SARS outbreak data at this stage; furthermore, we are proceeding to apply a similar methodology with more features to future COVID-19 research from a visual analysis
perfective.
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