Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review

Sharon Birdi, Atushi Patel, Roxana Rabet, Navreet Singh, Steve Durant, Tina Vosoughi, Faris Kapra, Mahek Shergill, Elnathan Mesfin, Carolyn Ziegler, Shehzad Ali, David Buckeridge, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Jennifer Gibson, Ava John-Baptiste, Jillian Macklin, Melissa Mccradden, Kwame Mckenzie, Sharmistha Mishra, Parisa Naraei, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Laura Rosella, James Shaw, Ross Upshur, Andrew D. Pinto

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DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074
Published: 2026-02-13
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@article{allodium:10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074,
  title = {Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review},
  author = {Sharon Birdi and Atushi Patel and Roxana Rabet and Navreet Singh and Steve Durant and Tina Vosoughi and Faris Kapra and Mahek Shergill and Elnathan Mesfin and Carolyn Ziegler and Shehzad Ali and David Buckeridge and Marzyeh Ghassemi and Jennifer Gibson and Ava John-Baptiste and Jillian Macklin and Melissa Mccradden and Kwame Mckenzie and Sharmistha Mishra and Parisa Naraei and Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Laura Rosella and James Shaw and Ross Upshur and Andrew D. Pinto},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Public Health Reviews},
  doi = {10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review
AU  - Sharon Birdi
AU  - Atushi Patel
AU  - Roxana Rabet
AU  - Navreet Singh
AU  - Steve Durant
AU  - Tina Vosoughi
AU  - Faris Kapra
AU  - Mahek Shergill
AU  - Elnathan Mesfin
AU  - Carolyn Ziegler
AU  - Shehzad Ali
AU  - David Buckeridge
AU  - Marzyeh Ghassemi
AU  - Jennifer Gibson
AU  - Ava John-Baptiste
AU  - Jillian Macklin
AU  - Melissa Mccradden
AU  - Kwame Mckenzie
AU  - Sharmistha Mishra
AU  - Parisa Naraei
AU  - Akwasi Owusu-Bempah
AU  - Laura Rosella
AU  - James Shaw
AU  - Ross Upshur
AU  - Andrew D. Pinto
PY  - 2026
JO  - Public Health Reviews
DO  - 10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074
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Birdi, S., Patel, A., Rabet, R., Singh, N., Durant, S., Vosoughi, T., Kapra, F., Shergill, M., Mesfin, E., Ziegler, C., Ali, S., Buckeridge, D., Ghassemi, M., Gibson, J., John-Baptiste, A., Macklin, J., Mccradden, M., Mckenzie, K., Mishra, S., Naraei, P., Owusu-Bempah, A., Rosella, L., Shaw, J., Upshur, R., & Pinto, A. D. (2026). Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review. Public Health Reviews. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074

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