Geospatial Analysis of COVID-19: A Scoping Review

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 5; p. 2336
• Main Authors: Fatima, Munazza, O'Keefe, Kara J, Wei, Wenjia, Arshad, Sana, Gruebner, Oliver
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.02.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Brazil - epidemiology; China - epidemiology; Cholera; Cluster analysis; Clustering; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Demographics; Disease hot spots; Disease transmission; Epidemic models; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Exposure; Geography, Medical; Humans; Keywords; Literature reviews; Mapping; Medical research; Modelling; Mortality; Pandemics; Review; Reviews; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Software; Spatial Analysis; Statistical analysis; United States - epidemiology; Viral diseases; Visualization; Brazil; United States; China; United States > US; Bosnia-Hercegovina; COVID-19; exposure mapping; spatial epidemiology; spatial analysis; health geography; disease mapping

The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 became the harbinger of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, geospatial techniques, such as modeling and mapping, have helped in disease pattern detection. Here we provide a synthesis of the techniques and associated findings in...