Importance of internet surveillance in public health emergency control and prevention: Evidence from a digital epidemiologic study during avian influenza a h7n9 outbreaks

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gu, Hua ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Zhu, Honghong ^b   Jiang, Tao ^a   Wang, Xinyi ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Jiang, Zhenggang ^a   Zheng, Dawei ^a   Jiang, Jianmin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease outbreak; Influenza A virus, H7N9 subtype; Internet; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAK; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; INTERNET; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURVEILLANCE; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAK; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INTERNET; SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 84893540809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2911     Document Type: Article

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