The Complex Relationship of Realspace Events and Messages in Cyberspace: Case Study of Influenza and Pertussis Using Tweets

• Main Authors: Nagel, Anna C (Author), Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (Author), Spitzberg, Brian H (Author), An, Li (Author), Gawron, J Mark (Author), Gupta, Dipak K (Author), Yang, Jiue-An (Author), Han, Su (Author), Peddecord, K Michael (Author), Lindsay, Suzanne (Author), Sawyer, Mark H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundSurveillance plays a vital role in disease detection, but traditional methods of collecting patient data, reporting to health officials, and compiling reports are costly and time consuming. In recent years, syndromic surveillance tools have expanded and researchers are able to exploit the...