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Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1041) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1349) Infectious Diseases (non-STD/STI) (1575) Influenza and Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) Surveillance (217)

Published on in Vol 4, No 1 (2018): Jan-Mar

Accurate Influenza Monitoring and Forecasting Using Novel Internet Data Streams: A Case Study in the Boston Metropolis

Accurate Influenza Monitoring and Forecasting Using Novel Internet Data Streams: A Case Study in the Boston Metropolis

Accurate Influenza Monitoring and Forecasting Using Novel Internet Data Streams: A Case Study in the Boston Metropolis

Authors of this article:

Fred Sun Lu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Suqin Hou2 Author Orcid Image ;   Kristin Baltrusaitis3 Author Orcid Image ;   Manan Shah4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jure Leskovec4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Rok Sosic4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jared Hawkins1, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   John Brownstein1, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Giuseppe Conidi7 Author Orcid Image ;   Julia Gunn7 Author Orcid Image ;   Josh Gray8 Author Orcid Image ;   Anna Zink8 Author Orcid Image ;   Mauricio Santillana1, 6 Author Orcid Image
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