Real-time estimation of disease activity in emerging outbreaks using internet search information.

Understanding the behavior of emerging disease outbreaks in, or ahead of, real-time could help healthcare officials better design interventions to mitigate impacts on affected populations. Most healthcare-based disease surveillance systems, however, have significant inherent reporting delays due to...

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Main Authors: Emily L Aiken, Sarah F McGough, Maimuna S Majumder, Gal Wachtel, Andre T Nguyen, Cecile Viboud, Mauricio Santillana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008117