Internet-based biosurveillance methods for vector-borne diseases: Are they novel public health tools or just novelties?

Internet-based surveillance methods for vector-borne diseases (VBDs) using "big data" sources such as Google, Twitter, and internet newswire scraping have recently been developed, yet reviews on such "digital disease detection" methods have focused on respiratory pathogens, parti...

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Main Authors: Simon Pollett, Benjamin M Althouse, Brett Forshey, George W Rutherford, Richard G Jarman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5708615?pdf=render