Global Disease Monitoring and Forecasting with Wikipedia

Authors

  • Nicholas Generous
  • Geoffrey Fairchild
  • Alina Deshpande
  • Sara Y. Del Valle
  • Reid Priedhorsky

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6530

Abstract

This poster establishes the utility of Wikipedia as a broadly effective data source for disease information, and we outline a path to a reliable, scientifically sound, operational, and global disease surveillance system that overcomes key gaps in existing traditional and internet-based techniques.

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Published

2016-03-24

How to Cite

Generous, N., Fairchild, G., Deshpande, A., Del Valle, S. Y., & Priedhorsky, R. (2016). Global Disease Monitoring and Forecasting with Wikipedia. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6530

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Poster Presentations