Wikipedia usage estimates prevalence of influenza-like illness in the United States in near real-time.

Circulating levels of both seasonal and pandemic influenza require constant surveillance to ensure the health and safety of the population. While up-to-date information is critical, traditional surveillance systems can have data availability lags of up to two weeks. We introduce a novel method of es...

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Main Authors: David J McIver, John S Brownstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24743682/pdf/?tool=EBI