A Digital Twin Simulator Approach as a Support to Develop an Integrated Observatory of the Epidemic Risk in a Rural Community in Senegal

Jean Le Fur, Moussa Sall, Jean-Marie Dembele

2023

Abstract

Following the contemporary epidemiologic approach known as EcoHealth, the study of an epidemic risk must consider and integrate the whole set of actors, factors and environments bound to the transmission of infectious diseases. In this study, we propose using a mechanistically rich digital twin simulator as a tool to facilitate this integration with the addition of a functional and dynamic dimension. The selected case study is the monitoring of the risk associated with ticks and rodents in a rural community in the Sahelian region of Senegal. To construct the digital twin, we iteratively went back and forth between field data collection and computer transcription of knowledge. Thanks to the high resolution afforded by the digital twin approach, the simulator enables the study of city-scale activity patterns as well as interactions between ticks, rodents, cats, and humans that occur within habitation rooms and shops. In addition to (i) being able to provide dynamic integrated support for the collected multidisciplinary knowledge, the digital twin realism provides (ii) an appropriate medium for communicating results to non-expert populations and (iii) a useful tool for monitoring and adjusting the observatory’s data collection protocols. The model’s complexity presents calibration challenges that are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Le Fur J., Sall M. and Dembele J. (2023). A Digital Twin Simulator Approach as a Support to Develop an Integrated Observatory of the Epidemic Risk in a Rural Community in Senegal. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH; ISBN 978-989-758-668-2, SciTePress, pages 134-142. DOI: 10.5220/0012135900003546

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech23,
author={Jean Le Fur and Moussa Sall and Jean-Marie Dembele},
title={A Digital Twin Simulator Approach as a Support to Develop an Integrated Observatory of the Epidemic Risk in a Rural Community in Senegal},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH},
year={2023},
pages={134-142},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012135900003546},
isbn={978-989-758-668-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH
TI - A Digital Twin Simulator Approach as a Support to Develop an Integrated Observatory of the Epidemic Risk in a Rural Community in Senegal
SN - 978-989-758-668-2
AU - Le Fur J.
AU - Sall M.
AU - Dembele J.
PY - 2023
SP - 134
EP - 142
DO - 10.5220/0012135900003546
PB - SciTePress