Digital surveillance for enhanced detection and response to outbreaks

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1035-1037

  Anema, Aranka ^a,b,c   Kluberg, Sheryl ^a,b   Wilson, Kumanan ^d   Hogg, Robert S ^e,f   Khan, Kamran ^g   Hay, Simon I ^h,i   Tatem, Andrew J ^i,j,k   Brownstein, John S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^k FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPISTAXIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; NOTE; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS;

EID: 84908273364     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70953-3     Document Type: Note

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