Context The exchange of health information on the Internet has been heralded as an
opportunity to improve public health surveillance. In a field that has traditionally relied on an …

This paper discusses on the increasing relevancy of geospatial technologies such as
geographic information system (GIS) in the public health domain, particularly for the …

" This book highlights that the capacity for gathering, analysing, and utilising vast amounts of
digital (user) data raises significant ethical issues. Annika Richterich provides a systematic …

Objective: Unstructured electronic information sources, such as news reports, are proving to
be valuable inputs for public health surveillance. However, staying abreast of current …

Surveillance Sans Frontières: Internet-Based Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence and the
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Background Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a significant public health
concern, and early detection and immediate response is crucial for disease control. These …

Concurrent with global economic development in the last 50 years, the opportunities for the
spread of existing diseases and emergence of new infectious pathogens, have increased …

Background: Mass gatherings, such as music festivals and religious events, pose a health
care challenge because of the risk of transmission of communicable diseases. This is …

Three web‐based biosecurity intelligence systems–BioCaster, EpiSPIDER and HealthMap–
are compared with respect to their ability to gather and analyse information relevant to public …

Real world pandemics such as SARS 2002 as well as popular fiction like the movie
Contagion graphically depict the health threat of a global pandemic and the key role of …