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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in...
Koppeschaar, Carl E.; Colizza, Vittoria; Guerrisi, Caroline; Turbelin, Clément; Duggan, Jim; Edmunds, W John; Kjelsø, Charlotte; Mexia, RicardoBackground: The wide availability of the Internet and the growth of digital communication technologies have become an important tool for epidemiological studies and health surveillance. Influenzanet is a participatory surveillance system monitoring the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Europe since 2003. It is based on data provided by volunteers who self-report their symptoms via the Internet throug...
Ten-year performance of Influenzanet: ILI time series, risks, vaccine effects, ...
van Noort, Sander P.; Codeço, Cláudia T.; Koppeschaar, Carl E.; van Ranst, Marc; Paolotti, Daniela; Gomes, M. Gabriela M.Recent public health threats have propelled major innovations on infectious disease monitoring, culminating in the development of innovative syndromic surveillance methods. Influenzanet is an internet-based system that monitors influenza-like illness (ILI) in cohorts of self-reporting volunteers in European countries since 2003. We investigate and confirm coherence through the first ten years in comparison with...