Use of unstructured event-based reports for global infectious disease surveillance

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-695

  Keller, Mikaela ^a,b,c   Blench, Michael ^d   Tolentino, Herman ^e   Freifeld, Clark C ^a,b,c   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b,c   Mawudeku, Abla ^d   Eysenbach, Gunther ^f,g   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MACHINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOFTWARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 66149137223     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081114     Document Type: Article

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