Big data opportunities for global infectious disease surveillance.

Hay SI.; George DB.; Moyes CL.; Brownstein JS.

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Big data opportunities for global infectious disease surveillance.

Hay SI., George DB., Moyes CL., Brownstein JS.

Simon Hay and colleagues discuss the potential and challenges of producing continually updated infectious disease risk maps using diverse and large volume data sources such as social media.

Original publication

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1001413

Type

Journal article

Journal

PLoS Med

Publication Date

2013

Volume

Keywords

Communicable Diseases, Data Mining, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health, Humans, International Cooperation, Population Surveillance, Risk, Social Media