Why We Need Crowdsourced Data in Infectious Disease Surveillance

In infectious disease surveillance, public health data such as environmental, hospital, or census data have been extensively explored to create robust models of disease dynamics. However, this information is also subject to its own biases, including latency, high cost, contributor biases, and imprec...

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Published in:Current infectious disease reports 2013-08, Vol.15 (4), p.316-319
Main Authors: Chunara, Rumi, Smolinski, Mark S., Brownstein, John S.
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