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      Epidemics and epidemiology: back to the future Translated title: Epidemias y epidemiología: regreso al futuro

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          Abstract The word “epidemiology” was written for the first time in a report on the plague in Alghero in 1583. Although its etymology has it intricacy. For centuries it has been concerned with understanding and trying to control and prevent epidemics. During the cholera epidemic in London in 1848 the London Society of Epidemiology was formed, main instrument of public health since then. The increase in chronic diseases -supposedly no communicable- gave way to the epidemiology of black boxes and the predominance of risk factors. And later to an enormous methodological progress increasingly complex and intricate but professionally very appealing. So few epidemiologists have experience in field control of epidemics. Thus, perhaps it is convenient to return, although partially, to the origins. Looking at the future.

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          Resumen La palabra «epidemiología» se escribió por primera vez en un informe sobre la peste en Alghero, en 1583. Aunque su etimología tiene su intríngulis. Durante siglos se ha ocupado en comprender y tratar de controlar y prevenir las epidemias. Durante la epidemia de cólera en Londres en 1848 se creó la Sociedad de Epidemiología de Londres, principal instrumento de salud pública desde entonces. El aumento de las enfermedades crónicas -supuestamente no transmisibles- dio paso a la epidemiología de las cajas negras y al predominio de los factores de riesgo. Y más tarde a un enorme desarrollo metodológico cada vez más complejo e intrincado, pero profesionalmente muy atractivo. Muy pocos epidemiólogos tienen experiencia en el control de epidemias en el campo. Así, quizás convenga volver, aunque sea parcialmente, a los orígenes. Mirando al futuro.

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            Digital epidemiology: what is it, and where is it going?

            Digital Epidemiology is a new field that has been growing rapidly in the past few years, fueled by the increasing availability of data and computing power, as well as by breakthroughs in data analytics methods. In this short piece, I provide an outlook of where I see the field heading, and offer a broad and a narrow definition of the term.
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              Unless we address the inequity in global health, then the world will not be prepared for the next pandemic

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                Gaceta Sanitaria
                Gac Sanit
                Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS) (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain )
                0213-9111
                2023
                : 37
                : 102277
                Affiliations
                [1] Barcelona orgnameConsejo Asesor de Salud Pública de Catalunya España
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                S0213-91112023000100250 S0213-9111(23)03700000250
                10.1016/j.gaceta.2022.102277
                36508988
                5189361d-447b-4bfa-8001-0f95f479275c

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 17 October 2022
                : 18 October 2022
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                Epidemiología,Neologism,Etiology,Endemic diseases,Epidemiology,Neologismo,Etiología,Enfermedades endémicas

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