Disease surveillance using online news: an extended study of dengue fever in India
Abstract Background The study demonstrates the potential in using newspaper information as a proxy for monitoring dengue fever outbreaks in India. Online newspapers are being considered as sources of information on disease surveillance, early outbreak detection, and epidemiology research. Our object...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b4b5b77c2b96426498538874a216fd97 2023-05-15T15:06:06+02:00 Disease surveillance using online news: an extended study of dengue fever in India Yiding Zhang Motomu Ibaraki Franklin W. Schwartz 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0189-y https://doaj.org/article/b4b5b77c2b96426498538874a216fd97 EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0189-y https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147 doi:10.1186/s41182-019-0189-y 1349-4147 https://doaj.org/article/b4b5b77c2b96426498538874a216fd97 Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019) Disease surveillance Newspaper Text mining Dengue fever India Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0189-y 2022-12-31T12:12:37Z Abstract Background The study demonstrates the potential in using newspaper information as a proxy for monitoring dengue fever outbreaks in India. Online newspapers are being considered as sources of information on disease surveillance, early outbreak detection, and epidemiology research. Our objective is to understand the complex dengue epidemiology and discover inter-relationships between dengue fever and local social-environmental factors by mining information from local Indian news articles. Results We search and extract articles from the newspaper database, LexisNexis. News articles related to dengue fever in India are analyzed together with local environmental, climate, and population data in both temporally and spatially to study disease epidemiology. We also examine the influence of newsworthiness for constructing a disease surveillance system. In terms of temporal aspects, dengue outbreaks follow consistent patterns every year. However, for many areas, this application is frustrated by the relatively small numbers of news articles. Conclusions The study has advanced capabilities in producing approaches that provide for richer interpretations of textual information provided in newspaper articles. Such approaches appear particularly well suited for developing countries with relatively poor medical infrastructures and records. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Indian Tropical Medicine and Health 47 1 |
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Abstract Background The study demonstrates the potential in using newspaper information as a proxy for monitoring dengue fever outbreaks in India. Online newspapers are being considered as sources of information on disease surveillance, early outbreak detection, and epidemiology research. Our objective is to understand the complex dengue epidemiology and discover inter-relationships between dengue fever and local social-environmental factors by mining information from local Indian news articles. Results We search and extract articles from the newspaper database, LexisNexis. News articles related to dengue fever in India are analyzed together with local environmental, climate, and population data in both temporally and spatially to study disease epidemiology. We also examine the influence of newsworthiness for constructing a disease surveillance system. In terms of temporal aspects, dengue outbreaks follow consistent patterns every year. However, for many areas, this application is frustrated by the relatively small numbers of news articles. Conclusions The study has advanced capabilities in producing approaches that provide for richer interpretations of textual information provided in newspaper articles. Such approaches appear particularly well suited for developing countries with relatively poor medical infrastructures and records. |
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