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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Date Submitted: Sep 14, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: Sep 19, 2018 - Oct 3, 2018
Date Accepted: Feb 15, 2019
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Improved Real-Time Influenza Surveillance: Using Internet Search Data in Eight Latin American Countries

Clemente Lopez CL, Lu F, Santillana M

Improved Real-Time Influenza Surveillance: Using Internet Search Data in Eight Latin American Countries

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2019;5(2):e12214

DOI: 10.2196/12214

PMID: 30946017

PMCID: 6470460

Improved real-time influenza surveillance using Internet search data in eight Latin American countries

  • Cesar Leonardo Clemente Lopez; 
  • Fred Lu; 
  • Mauricio Santillana

ABSTRACT

A real-time methodology for monitoring flu activity in middle income countries that is simultaneously accurate and generalizable has not yet been presented. We demonstrate here that a self-correcting machine learning method leveraging Internet-based search activity produces reliable and timely flu estimates in multiple Latin American countries.


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Please cite as:

Clemente Lopez CL, Lu F, Santillana M

Improved Real-Time Influenza Surveillance: Using Internet Search Data in Eight Latin American Countries

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2019;5(2):e12214

DOI: 10.2196/12214

PMID: 30946017

PMCID: 6470460

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