Use of big data in the surveillance of veterinary diseases: Early detection of tick paralysis in companion animals

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Guernier, Vanina ^a   Milinovich, Gabriel J ^a   Santos, Marcos Antonio Bezerra ^a,b   Haworth, Mark ^a   Coleman, Glen ^a   Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Australia; Companion animals; Digital epidemiology; Dogs and cats; Google; Google Trends; Internet; Notified cases; Syndromic surveillance; Tick paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INTERNET; NEW SOUTH WALES; NONHUMAN; QUEENSLAND; TICK PARALYSIS; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEARCH ENGINE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; IXODES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PETS; QUEENSLAND; SEARCH ENGINE; TICK PARALYSIS;

EID: 85007417138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1590-6     Document Type: Article

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