TY - GEN
T1 - Global disease surveillance using social media
T2 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Public Safety and Security, ISI 2010
AU - Ku, Yungchang
AU - Chiu, Chaochang
AU - Zhang, Yulei
AU - Fan, Li
AU - Chen, Hsinchun
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Collecting potential data sources for use in proactively analyzing and evaluating strategies for syndromic surveillance and bio-defense have become critical issues in and challenges to infectious disease informatics [1]. Web forums link highly relevant information about patients' needs, disease pain, health conditions, and concerns for medical practice [2]. Health departments or medical service groups can use the information in the forums to identify disease sources and scope and to detect outbreaks while the possibility for intervention remains.
AB - Collecting potential data sources for use in proactively analyzing and evaluating strategies for syndromic surveillance and bio-defense have become critical issues in and challenges to infectious disease informatics [1]. Web forums link highly relevant information about patients' needs, disease pain, health conditions, and concerns for medical practice [2]. Health departments or medical service groups can use the information in the forums to identify disease sources and scope and to detect outbreaks while the possibility for intervention remains.
KW - Forum messages intervention
KW - HIV/AIDS intervention
KW - Text mining
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U2 - 10.1109/ISI.2010.5484749
DO - 10.1109/ISI.2010.5484749
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954808392
SN - 9781424464609
T3 - ISI 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Public Safety and Security
SP - 170
BT - ISI 2010 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics
Y2 - 23 May 2010 through 26 May 2010
ER -