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