AI Agents and Epidemic Intelligence on Respiratory Infectious Diseases: Toward a Conceptual Framework Integrating Decision Support

Liuyang Yang   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Liyu Shan   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Xiaolin Cao   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Jinzhao Cui   ² , MPH ;   Michael Tong   ⁵ , PhD ;   Yan Niu   ⁶ , PhD ;   Ting Zhang   ² , PhD

¹ The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Peking University Cancer Hospital Yunnan, Kunming, Yunnan, China

² School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China

³ School of Data Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

⁴ Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

⁵ National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia

⁶ Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

*these authors contributed equally