Author: Shaw, Nicola T.
Title: Geographical Information Systems and Health: Current State and Future Directions Document date: 2012_6_30
ID: zkc4cqvt_36
Snippet: Disease surveillance is an epidemiological practice that monitors the spread of disease in order to establish patterns of progression. A key component of modern disease surveillance is disease case reporting. Interestingly in these days of advanced technologies disease progression can sometimes be tracked by individuals' internet search engine usage more quickly than through traditional reporting mechanisms [16] . By tracking the location of indi.....
Document: Disease surveillance is an epidemiological practice that monitors the spread of disease in order to establish patterns of progression. A key component of modern disease surveillance is disease case reporting. Interestingly in these days of advanced technologies disease progression can sometimes be tracked by individuals' internet search engine usage more quickly than through traditional reporting mechanisms [16] . By tracking the location of individuals seeking information about the flu Google was able to estimate flu activity by region in the USA about two weeks later than traditional methods of Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) flu outbreak reporting.
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