Drivers of emerging infectious disease events as a framework for digital detection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1285-1292

  Olson, Sarah H ^a,b   Benedum, Corey M ^c,d   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^d   Preston, Nicholas D ^d   Mazet, Jonna A K ^e   Joly, Damien O ^f   Brownstein, John S ^d,g  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f METABIOTA INC   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFECTION; MALARIA CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84937468602     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.141156     Document Type: Article

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