Forecasting the 2013–2014 Influenza Season Using Wikipedia

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Hickmann, Kyle S ^a   Fairchild, Geoffrey ^a   Priedhorsky, Reid ^a   Generous, Nicholas ^a   Hyman, James M ^b   Deshpande, Alina ^a   Del Valle, Sara Y ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FORECASTING;

ACCESS LOG; CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONS; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PREVENTION STRATEGIES; RESPONSE STRATEGIES; WIKIPEDIA;

DISEASES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FORECASTING; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930606330     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004239     Document Type: Article

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