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

oleh: Fred S. Lu, Mohammad W. Hattab, Cesar Leonardo Clemente, Matthew Biggerstaff, Mauricio Santillana

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01

Deskripsi

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.