Artificial Intelligence in the Prevention of COVID-19: prospecting in the epidemiological context in the post-pandemic world

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https://doi.org/10.9771/cp.v16i2.50873

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Artificial Intelligence, Epidemiology, COVID-19.

Abstract

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 motivated scientific and technological development to face it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) enters as a branch capable of assisting in epidemiological control and disease prevention. The objective of this article is to carry out scientific and technological prospecting on AI in the epidemiological and prevention context. Such information can contribute to combating new health crises. The Lens.org platform was used to investigate scientific works and patents relating AI, prevention, epidemiology and COVID-19. 57 articles and 19 patents were found, of these, one patent that cites an article and four patents that are cited in new technologies. It is observed that AI is an ally in epidemiological control, in the prevention and diagnosis of COVID-19 and can contribute to the analysis of large volumes of data, in the generation of control strategies, in the conduct of tests and in the creation of medicine or vaccines.

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Author Biographies

Robson Almeida Borges de Freitas, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

PhD in Intellectual Property Sciences (2021), UFS.

Humbérila da Costa e Silva Melo, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

Master in Biotechnology in Human and Animal Health (2020), UECE.

Margarete Almeida Freitas de Azevedo, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil

Master in Epidemiology in Public Health with Emphasis on Diseases Related to Poverty (2015) by Fiocruz.

Antonio Martins de Oliveira Junior, Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil

PhD in Chemical Engineering (2006) from UFRJ.

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Published

2023-03-15

How to Cite

Freitas, R. A. B. de, Melo, H. da C. e S., Azevedo, M. A. F. de, & Oliveira Junior, A. M. de . (2023). Artificial Intelligence in the Prevention of COVID-19: prospecting in the epidemiological context in the post-pandemic world. Cadernos De Prospecção, 16(2), 373–389. https://doi.org/10.9771/cp.v16i2.50873

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Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) e COVID-19