New digital technologies for the surveillance of infectious diseases at mass gathering events

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 134-140

  Nsoesie, E O ^a,b   Kluberg, S A ^a   Mekaru, S R ^a   Majumder, M S ^a,c   Khan, K ^e   Hay, S I ^f,g   Brownstein, J S ^a,b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Internet; Mass gatherings; Novel technologies; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; CHOLERA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTHCARE ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE NETWORK; HINDU; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS BEHAVIOR; MASS GATHERING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MUSLIM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; RUGBY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPORTING EVENT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CELL PHONES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84923046585     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.12.017     Document Type: Review

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