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. 2017 Jan-Feb;8(1):18-22.
doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2016.2627238.

Tracking Disease: Digital Epidemiology Offers New Promise in Predicting Outbreaks

Mary Bates

Tracking Disease: Digital Epidemiology Offers New Promise in Predicting Outbreaks

Mary Bates. IEEE Pulse. 2017 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

On 19 October 2010, ten months after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) was notified of a sudden surge in patients suffering from watery diarrhea and dehydration. Two days later, the Haiti National Public Health Laboratory identified the culprit: Vibrio cholerae. On 22 October, officials announced the first cholera outbreak in Haiti in more than a century.

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