ProMED-mail: 22 years of digital surveillance of emerging infectious diseases

International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 177-183

  Carrion, Malwina ^a   Madoff, Lawrence C ^a,b  

^a International Society for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious diseases; EpiCore; Outbreaks; ProMED mail; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; E-MAIL; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 85021095558     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx014     Document Type: Review

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