Big Data Opportunities for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance
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- 2 April 2013
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 10 (4) , e1001413
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001413
Abstract
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.Keywords
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