A systematic review and evaluation of Zika virus forecasting and prediction research during a public health emergency of international concern

Epidemic forecasting and prediction tools have the potential to provide actionable information in the midst of emerging epidemics. While numerous predictive studies were published during the 2016-2017 Zika Virus (ZIKV) pandemic, it remains unknown how timely, reproducible, and actionable the information produced by these studies was.To improve the functional use of mathematical modeling in support of future infectious disease outbreaks, we...