Abstract The recent Ebola and Zika epidemics demonstrate the need for the continuous
surveillance, rapid diagnosis and real-time tracking of emerging infectious diseases. Fast …

Abstract The National Academy of Medicine has long advocated for a “learning healthcare
system” that produces constantly updated reference data during the care process. Moving …

Abstract Google Flu Trends can detect regional outbreaks of influenza 7–10 days before
conventional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance systems. We describe …

Authoritative and comprehensive, this is the leading text and professional resource on using
geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze and address public health problems. Basic …

Purebred dog health is thought to be compromised by an increasing occurence of inherited
diseases but inadequate prevalence data on common disorders have hampered efforts to …

Background Syndromic surveillance uses health-related data that precede diagnosis and
signal a sufficient probability of a case or an outbreak to warrant further public health …

Surveillance Sans Frontières: Internet-Based Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence and the
HealthMap Project | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS Medicine …

Seasonality, a periodic surge in disease incidence corresponding to seasons or other
calendar periods, characterizes many infectious diseases of public health importance. The …

Importance In China, the implementation of stringent mitigation measures kept COVID-19
incidence and excess mortality low during the first years of the pandemic. However, China's …

Importance Children's role in spreading virus during the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be
elucidated, and measuring household transmission traditionally requires contact tracing …