Improved state-level influenza nowcasting in the United States leveraging Internet-based data and network approaches

Improved state-level influenza nowcasting in the United States leveraging Internet-based data and network approaches

Real-time disease surveillance can aid mitigation of outbreaks. Here, Lu et al. combine an approach using Google search and EHR data with an approach leveraging spatiotemporal synchronicities of influenza activity across states to improve state-level influenza activity estimates in the US.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fred S. Lu, Mohammad W. Hattab, Cesar Leonardo Clemente, Matthew Biggerstaff, Mauricio Santillana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08082-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08082-0

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