Annotation of epidemiological information in animal disease-related news articles: guidelines
Sarah Valentin, Elena Arsevska, Aline Vilain, Val\'erie De Waele,, Renaud Lancelot, Mathieu Roche
TL;DR
This paper presents a comprehensive annotation framework for epidemiological information in animal disease news articles, aiming to standardize data extraction across diverse diseases and transmission modes.
Contribution
It introduces generic annotation guidelines that can be applied to all animal and zoonotic infectious diseases, regardless of pathogen or transmission method.
Findings
Guidelines enable consistent annotation of epidemiological data
Framework applicable to diverse animal diseases and transmission modes
Supports standardized data collection for epidemiological analysis
Abstract
This paper describes a method for annotation of epidemiological information in animal disease-related news articles. The annotation guidelines are generic and aim to embrace all animal or zoonotic infectious diseases, regardless of the pathogen involved or its way of transmission (e.g. vector-borne, airborne, by contact). The framework relies on the successive annotation of all the sentences from a news article. The annotator evaluates the sentences in a specific epidemiological context, corresponding to the publication of the news article.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology · Virology and Viral Diseases · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance