Harnessing big data for communicable tropical and subtropical disorders: Implications from a systematic review of the literature

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Gianfredi, Vincenza ^a   Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^b   Nucci, Daniele ^c   Martini, Mariano ^b   Rosselli, Roberto ^d   Minelli, Liliana ^a   Moretti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Local Health Authority 3   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big data; Chikungunya; Communicable tropical diseases; Dengue; Ebola; Mayaro virus; West Nile virus; Zika

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048670068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00090     Document Type: Review

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