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Detecting Web Rumours with a Multilingual Ontology-Supported Text Classification System
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Timely surveillance of disease outbreak events of public health concern currently requires detailed and time consuming manual analysis by experts. Recently in addition to traditional information sources, the World Wide Web … read more -
Second Year of the Surveillance on Over-the-Counter Medication Sales Data in Japan
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To evaluate the potential of using the sales of Over the Counter (OTC) medicines for early detection of infections of public health concern, retrospective analysis of the sales of OTC common cold medications used for influenza-like illness (ILI) has… read more -
Introduction to the System of Combined National Surveillances for Early Detection
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The first prototype syndromic surveillance in Japan was used during the G8 summit meeting in 2000 with two local prefectures involved. The second trial syndromic surveillance and the first internet-based surveillance used in 2002… read more