Identifying the outbreak signal of COVID-19 before the response of the traditional disease monitoring system.
Synopsis Early identification of the emergence of an outbreak of a novel infectious disease is critical to generating a timely response. The traditional monitoring system is adequate for detecting the outbreak of common diseases; however, it is insufficient for the discovery of novel infectious dise...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d04fee84434e48f0beb76278506073a0 2023-05-15T15:03:04+02:00 Identifying the outbreak signal of COVID-19 before the response of the traditional disease monitoring system. Yaoyao Dai Jianming Wang 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008758 https://doaj.org/article/d04fee84434e48f0beb76278506073a0 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008758 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008758 https://doaj.org/article/d04fee84434e48f0beb76278506073a0 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 10, p e0008758 (2020) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008758 2022-12-31T13:48:02Z Synopsis Early identification of the emergence of an outbreak of a novel infectious disease is critical to generating a timely response. The traditional monitoring system is adequate for detecting the outbreak of common diseases; however, it is insufficient for the discovery of novel infectious diseases. In this study, we used COVID-19 as an example to compare the delay time of different tools for identifying disease outbreaks. The results showed that both the abnormal spike in influenza-like illnesses and the peak of online searches of key terms could provide early signals. We emphasize the importance of testing these findings and discussing the broader potential to use syndromic surveillance, internet searches, and social media data together with traditional disease surveillance systems for early detection and understanding of novel emerging infectious diseases. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14 10 e0008758 |
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Synopsis Early identification of the emergence of an outbreak of a novel infectious disease is critical to generating a timely response. The traditional monitoring system is adequate for detecting the outbreak of common diseases; however, it is insufficient for the discovery of novel infectious diseases. In this study, we used COVID-19 as an example to compare the delay time of different tools for identifying disease outbreaks. The results showed that both the abnormal spike in influenza-like illnesses and the peak of online searches of key terms could provide early signals. We emphasize the importance of testing these findings and discussing the broader potential to use syndromic surveillance, internet searches, and social media data together with traditional disease surveillance systems for early detection and understanding of novel emerging infectious diseases. |
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Identifying the outbreak signal of COVID-19 before the response of the traditional disease monitoring system. |
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Identifying the outbreak signal of COVID-19 before the response of the traditional disease monitoring system. |
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Identifying the outbreak signal of COVID-19 before the response of the traditional disease monitoring system. |
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identifying the outbreak signal of covid-19 before the response of the traditional disease monitoring system. |
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