Wikipedia Usage Estimates Prevalence of Influenza-Like Illness in the United States in Near Real-Time

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  McIver, David J ^a   Brownstein, John S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; INSPECTION; MONITORING;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONS; DATA AVAILABILITY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; NEAR-REAL TIME; NOVEL METHODS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; WIKIPEDIA; WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901331477     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003581     Document Type: Article

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