We discuss our efforts in detection and tracking using Twitter data collected from January 2013 to the present and discuss various issues that arise in using Twitter data. We discuss various keyword methods, as well as methods for classifying a user as "sick". We discuss some of our successes and failures and provide some insight into the utility and limitations of Twitter. We discuss variations on the basic surveillance theme such as watching for a known disease, a known set of symptoms, and the more general problem of detecting an unusual number of sick individuals within a county
Tracking Twitter for public health has shown great po-tential. However, most recent work has been fo...
Abstract. Epidemic Intelligence is being used to gather information about po-tential diseases outbre...
Background: Twitter updates now represent an enormous stream of information originating from a wide ...
In this paper, we present an event-based Epidemic Intelli-gence (EI) system framework leveraging soc...
A microblogging service like Twitter continues to surge in importance as a means of sharing informat...
Social networks are becoming a valuable source of information for applications in many domains. In p...
Infectious disease outbreaks are a global public health risk that have the potential to take many li...
Infectious disease outbreaks are a global public health risk that have the potential to take many li...
Infectious disease outbreaks are a global public health risk that have the potential to take many li...
Social networks are becoming a valuable source of information for applications in many domains. In p...
Many studies have indicated the potential of using Social Networks for the early detection of public...
Many studies have indicated the potential of using Social Networks for the early detection of public...
Many studies have indicated the potential of using Social Networks for the early detection of public...
Twitter - a social media platform - has gained phenomenal popularity among researchers who have expl...
AbstractDisease outbreaks are becoming a primary concern for many countries due to the recent cases ...
Tracking Twitter for public health has shown great po-tential. However, most recent work has been fo...
Abstract. Epidemic Intelligence is being used to gather information about po-tential diseases outbre...
Background: Twitter updates now represent an enormous stream of information originating from a wide ...
In this paper, we present an event-based Epidemic Intelli-gence (EI) system framework leveraging soc...
A microblogging service like Twitter continues to surge in importance as a means of sharing informat...
Social networks are becoming a valuable source of information for applications in many domains. In p...
Infectious disease outbreaks are a global public health risk that have the potential to take many li...
Infectious disease outbreaks are a global public health risk that have the potential to take many li...
Infectious disease outbreaks are a global public health risk that have the potential to take many li...
Social networks are becoming a valuable source of information for applications in many domains. In p...
Many studies have indicated the potential of using Social Networks for the early detection of public...
Many studies have indicated the potential of using Social Networks for the early detection of public...
Many studies have indicated the potential of using Social Networks for the early detection of public...
Twitter - a social media platform - has gained phenomenal popularity among researchers who have expl...
AbstractDisease outbreaks are becoming a primary concern for many countries due to the recent cases ...
Tracking Twitter for public health has shown great po-tential. However, most recent work has been fo...
Abstract. Epidemic Intelligence is being used to gather information about po-tential diseases outbre...
Background: Twitter updates now represent an enormous stream of information originating from a wide ...