Factors influencing performance of internet-based biosurveillance systems used in epidemic intelligence for early detection of infectious diseases outbreaks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Barboza, Philippe ^a   Vaillant, Laetitia ^a   Strat, Yann Le ^a   Hartley, David M ^b   Nelson, Noele P ^b   Mawudeku, Abla ^c   Madoff, Lawrence C ^d   Linge, Jens P ^e   Collier, Nigel ^f,g   Brownstein, John S ^h   Astagneau, Pascal ⁱ  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d International Society for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^g EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHOLERA; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE; DIPHTHERIA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALARIA; MEASLES; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; PLAGUE; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS; STANDARD; TYPHOID FEVER; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; INFECTION CONTROL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOSURVEILLANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897135530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090536     Document Type: Article

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