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Factors Influencing Performance of Internet-Based Biosurveillance Systems Used in Epidemic Intelligence for Early Detection of Infectious Diseases Outbreaks
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Internet-based biosurveillance systems have been developed to detect health threats using information available on the Internet, but system performance has not been assessed relative to end-user needs and ...
Monitoring Influenza Epidemics in China with Search Query from Baidu
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Several approaches have been proposed for near real-time detection and prediction of the spread of influenza. These include search query data for influenza-related terms, which has been explored as a tool for augmenting ...
Assessing the Online Social Environment for Surveillance of Obesity Prevalence
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Background: Understanding the social environmental around obesity has been limited by available data. One promising approach used to bridge similar gaps elsewhere is to use passively generated digital data. Purpose This ...
Big Data Opportunities for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Simon Hay and colleagues discuss the potential and challenges of producing continually updated infectious disease risk maps using diverse and large volume data sources such as social media.
Evaluation of Epidemic Intelligence Systems Integrated in the Early Alerting and Reporting Project for the Detection of A/H5N1 Influenza Events
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
The objective of Web-based expert epidemic intelligence systems is to detect health threats. The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) Early Alerting and Reporting (EAR) project was launched to assess the feasibility ...
Refining the Global Spatial Limits of Dengue Virus Transmission by Evidence-Based Consensus
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: Dengue is a growing problem both in its geographical spread and in its intensity, and yet current global distribution remains highly uncertain. Challenges in diagnosis and diagnostic methods as well as highly ...
Digital Surveillance: A Novel Approach to Monitoring the Illegal Wildlife Trade
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
A dearth of information obscures the true scale of the global illegal trade in wildlife. Herein, we introduce an automated web crawling surveillance system developed to monitor reports on illegally traded wildlife. A ...
Preventing Pandemics via International Development: A Systems Approach
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Digital Epidemiology
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Mobile, social, real-time: the ongoing revolution in the way people communicate has given rise to a new kind of epidemiology. Digital data sources, when harnessed appropriately, can provide local and timely information ...