Digital Participatory Surveillance and the Zika Crisis: Opportunities and Caveats

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004795

. 2016 Jun 13;10(6):e0004795.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004795. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Digital Participatory Surveillance and the Zika Crisis: Opportunities and Caveats

Claudia Pagliari¹, Santosh Vijaykumar²

Affiliations

¹ Edinburgh Global Health Academy, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
² Emerging Technology Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

PMID: 27294787
PMCID: PMC4905668
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004795

Digital Participatory Surveillance and the Zika Crisis: Opportunities and Caveats

Claudia Pagliari et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Jun 13;10(6):e0004795.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004795. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Authors

Claudia Pagliari¹, Santosh Vijaykumar²

Affiliations

¹ Edinburgh Global Health Academy, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
² Emerging Technology Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

PMID: 27294787
PMCID: PMC4905668
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004795

No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

**Fig 1. Types of digitally crowdsourced infectious disease surveillance.**

See this image and copyright information in PMC

Cited by

What's buzzing on your feed? Health authorities' use of Facebook to combat Zika in Singapore.
Vijaykumar S, Meurzec RW, Jayasundar K, Pagliari C, Fernandopulle Y. Vijaykumar S, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017 Nov 1;24(6):1155-1159. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx028. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017. PMID: 28449047 Free PMC article.
Characterizing Weibo Social Media Posts From Wuhan, China During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Content Analysis.
Xu Q, Shen Z, Shah N, Cuomo R, Cai M, Brown M, Li J, Mackey T. Xu Q, et al. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 Dec 7;6(4):e24125. doi: 10.2196/24125. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020. PMID: 33175693 Free PMC article.
Data Parameters From Participatory Surveillance Systems in Human, Animal, and Environmental Health From Around the Globe: Descriptive Analysis.
McNeil C, Divi N, Bargeron Iv CT, Capobianco Dondona A, Ernst KC, Gupta AS, Fasominu O, Keatts L, Kelly T, Leal Neto OB, Lwin MO, Makhasi M, Mutagahywa EB, Montecino-Latorre D, Olson S, Pandit PS, Paolotti D, Parker MC, Samad MH, Sewalk K, Sheldenkar A, Srikitjakarn L, Suy Lan C, Wilkes M, Yano T, Smolinski M. McNeil C, et al. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025 Mar 26;11:e55356. doi: 10.2196/55356. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2025. PMID: 40138683 Free PMC article.
Participatory Surveillance Based on Crowdsourcing During the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Using the Guardians of Health Platform: Descriptive Study.
Leal Neto O, Cruz O, Albuquerque J, Nacarato de Sousa M, Smolinski M, Pessoa Cesse EÂ, Libel M, Vieira de Souza W. Leal Neto O, et al. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 Apr 7;6(2):e16119. doi: 10.2196/16119. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020. PMID: 32254042 Free PMC article.
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Digital Phenotyping as a Future Solution for Present-Day Challenges: A Scoping Review.
Tomičić A, Malešević A, Čartolovni A. Tomičić A, et al. Sci Eng Ethics. 2021 Dec 20;28(1):1. doi: 10.1007/s11948-021-00354-1. Sci Eng Ethics. 2021. PMID: 34928438 Free PMC article.

See all "Cited by" articles

References

1. Eysenbach G. Infodemiology and infoveillance: framework for an emerging set of public health informatics methods to analyze search, communication and publication behavior on the Internet. Journal of medical Internet research. 2009;11(1). - PMC - PubMed
1. Wójcik OP, Brownstein JS, Chunara R, Johansson MA. Public health for the people: participatory infectious disease surveillance in the digital age. Emerging themes in epidemiology. 2014;11(1):1. - PMC - PubMed
1. Lwin MO, Vijaykumar S, Fernando ONN, Cheong SA, Rathnayake VS, Lim G, et al. A 21st century approach to tackling dengue: Crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication. Acta tropica. 2014;130:100–7. 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.021 - DOI - PubMed
1. Bajardi P, Vespignani A, Funk S, Eames KT, Edmunds WJ, Turbelin C, et al. Determinants of follow-up participation in the Internet-based European influenza surveillance platform Influenzanet. Journal of medical Internet research. 2014;16(3):e78 10.2196/jmir.3010 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Friesema I, Koppeschaar C, Donker G, Dijkstra F, Van Noort S, Smallenburg R, et al. Internet-based monitoring of influenza-like illness in the general population: experience of five influenza seasons in The Netherlands. Vaccine. 2009;27(45):6353–7. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.05.042 - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

Actions

MeSH terms

Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions

Grants and funding

MR/K007017/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
Other Literature Sources
- scite Smart Citations
Medical
- MedlinePlus Health Information

[1] Eysenbach G. Infodemiology and infoveillance: framework for an emerging set of public health informatics methods to analyze search, communication and publication behavior on the Internet. Journal of medical Internet research. 2009;11(1). - PMC - PubMed

[2] Eysenbach G. Infodemiology and infoveillance: framework for an emerging set of public health informatics methods to analyze search, communication and publication behavior on the Internet. Journal of medical Internet research. 2009;11(1). - PMC - PubMed

[3] Wójcik OP, Brownstein JS, Chunara R, Johansson MA. Public health for the people: participatory infectious disease surveillance in the digital age. Emerging themes in epidemiology. 2014;11(1):1. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Wójcik OP, Brownstein JS, Chunara R, Johansson MA. Public health for the people: participatory infectious disease surveillance in the digital age. Emerging themes in epidemiology. 2014;11(1):1. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Lwin MO, Vijaykumar S, Fernando ONN, Cheong SA, Rathnayake VS, Lim G, et al. A 21st century approach to tackling dengue: Crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication. Acta tropica. 2014;130:100–7. 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.021 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Lwin MO, Vijaykumar S, Fernando ONN, Cheong SA, Rathnayake VS, Lim G, et al. A 21st century approach to tackling dengue: Crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication. Acta tropica. 2014;130:100–7. 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.021 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Bajardi P, Vespignani A, Funk S, Eames KT, Edmunds WJ, Turbelin C, et al. Determinants of follow-up participation in the Internet-based European influenza surveillance platform Influenzanet. Journal of medical Internet research. 2014;16(3):e78 10.2196/jmir.3010 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Bajardi P, Vespignani A, Funk S, Eames KT, Edmunds WJ, Turbelin C, et al. Determinants of follow-up participation in the Internet-based European influenza surveillance platform Influenzanet. Journal of medical Internet research. 2014;16(3):e78 10.2196/jmir.3010 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Friesema I, Koppeschaar C, Donker G, Dijkstra F, Van Noort S, Smallenburg R, et al. Internet-based monitoring of influenza-like illness in the general population: experience of five influenza seasons in The Netherlands. Vaccine. 2009;27(45):6353–7. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.05.042 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Friesema I, Koppeschaar C, Donker G, Dijkstra F, Van Noort S, Smallenburg R, et al. Internet-based monitoring of influenza-like illness in the general population: experience of five influenza seasons in The Netherlands. Vaccine. 2009;27(45):6353–7. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.05.042 - DOI - PubMed

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

Digital Participatory Surveillance and the Zika Crisis: Opportunities and Caveats

Affiliations

Digital Participatory Surveillance and the Zika Crisis: Opportunities and Caveats

Authors

Affiliations

Conflict of interest statement

Figures

Similar articles

Cited by

References

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical