Role of big data in the early detection of Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e20-e21

  Milinovich, Gabriel J ^a   Magalhães, Ricardo J Soares ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; LETTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS DETECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84919493155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70356-0     Document Type: Letter

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