Abstract
John Brownstein and colleagues discuss HealthMap, an automated real-time system that monitors and disseminates online information about emerging infectious diseases.
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The InternetInfectious disease (medical specialty)Emerging infectious diseaseMedicineData scienceDisease surveillancePublic healthDiseaseComputer scienceWorld Wide WebPathology
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- Year
- 2008
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- e151-e151
- Citations
- 384
- Access
- Closed
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John S. Brownstein,
Clark C. Freifeld,
Ben Y. Reis
et al.
(2008).
Surveillance Sans Frontières: Internet-Based Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence and the HealthMap Project.
PLoS Medicine
, 5
(7)
, e151-e151.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050151
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- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050151