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Do geographic trends of social media indicate risk of secondary infectious disease outbreaks?
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A devastating cholera outbreak began in Haiti in 2010. Sequencing of Vibrio cholerae isolates showed that the epidemic was likely the result of the introduction of cholera from a distant geographic source. The same strain of cholera was detected in… read more -
Digital Surveillance of the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Identifying Hot-spots for Emerging Zoonoses
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The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-faceted, clandestine industry that has led to the disruption of fragile ecosystems, facilitated the spread of pathogens, and has led to the emergence of novel infectious diseases in humans, domestic animals, and… read more -
OutbreakMD: tracking and identifying disease outbreaks in post-earthquake Haiti
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HealthMap is a real-time disease epidemic intelligence tracking and visualization system that collects information from general news media, individual first-hand reports and public health sources around the world. Gaps in this effort clearly occur… read more -
Monitoring Media Content About Vaccines in the United States: Data from the Vaccine Sentimeter
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The success of public health campaigns in decreasing or eliminating the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases can be undermined by media content influencing vaccine hesitancy in the population. A tool for tracking and describing the ever-growing… read more -
Automated chronic disease surveillance and visualization using electronic health record data
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Chronic diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for Americans but public health surveillance for these conditions is limited. Health departments currently use telephone interviews, medical surveys, and death certificates to gather… read more -
Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China
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The influenza A(H7N9) virus emerged in early 2013 in China, with more than 130 laboratory-confirmed cases identified within a short period of about three months. Evidence-based public health response is essential for effective control of the disease… read more -
Online Reports of Foodborne Illness Capture Foods Implicated in Official Foodborne Outbreak Reports
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Traditional surveillance systems only capture a fraction of the estimated 48 million yearly cases of foodborne illness in the United States due to few affected individuals seeking medical care and lack of reporting to appropriate authorities. Non-… read more -
Wikipedia Usage Estimates Prevalence of Influenza-like Illness in Near Real-Time
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The purpose of this work was to develop a novel method of estimating the amount of influenza-like illness (ILI) in a population, in near-real time, by using a source of information that is completely open to the public and free to access. We… read more