A review of influenza detection and prediction through social networking sites

Abstract Early prediction of seasonal epidemics such as influenza may reduce their impact in daily lives. Nowadays, the web can be used for surveillance of diseases. Search engines and social networking sites can be used to track trends of different diseases seven to ten days faster than government...

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Main Authors: Ali Alessa, Miad Faezipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12976-017-0074-5