Using web search query data to monitor dengue epidemics: A new model for neglected tropical disease surveillance

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chan, Emily H ^a,b   Sahai, Vikram ^c   Conrad, Corrie ^c   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DENGUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERNET; ONLINE MONITORING; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL DISEASE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79957985746     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001206     Document Type: Article

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