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. 2010 Dec 7;7(12):e1000376.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000376.

Participatory epidemiology: use of mobile phones for community-based health reporting

Clark C Freifeld  1 , Rumi Chunara, Sumiko R Mekaru, Emily H Chan, Taha Kass-Hout, Anahi Ayala Iacucci, John S Brownstein
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Participatory epidemiology: use of mobile phones for community-based health reporting

Clark C Freifeld et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Clark Freifeld and colleagues discuss mobile applications, including their own smartphone application, that show promise for health monitoring and information sharing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Adjusted volume of H1N1 reports from HealthMap users as compared to weighted influenza-like-illness visit data from the CDC, from September 5, 2009 to January 30, 2010.
Pearson's correlation = 0.74, p<0.0001.
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