Influenza A (H7N9) and the importance of digital epidemiology

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 401-404

  Salathé, Marcel ^a   Freifeld, Clark C ^b,c   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^b,d   Tomasulo, Anna F ^b   Brownstein, John S ^b,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880913661     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1307752     Document Type: Article

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