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Clark FreifeldAssistant Teaching Professor in Computer Science, Northeastern University Verified email at northeastern.edu Cited by 5688 |
[HTML][HTML] Digital disease detection—harnessing the Web for public health surveillance
JS Brownstein, CC Freifeld… - The New England journal …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Internet has become a critical medium for clinicians, public health practitioners, and lay-people
seeking health information. Data about diseases and outbreaks are disseminated …
seeking health information. Data about diseases and outbreaks are disseminated …
HealthMap: global infectious disease monitoring through automated classification and visualization of Internet media reports
CC Freifeld, KD Mandl, BY Reis… - Journal of the …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Unstructured electronic information sources, such as news reports, are proving to
be valuable inputs for public health surveillance. However, staying abreast of current …
be valuable inputs for public health surveillance. However, staying abreast of current …
[HTML][HTML] Surveillance Sans Frontieres: Internet-based emerging infectious disease intelligence and the HealthMap project
… Characterization stages include: (a) identifying disease and location; (b) determining
relevance—namely, whether a given report refers to any current outbreak; and (c) grouping …
relevance—namely, whether a given report refers to any current outbreak; and (c) grouping …
[HTML][HTML] Participatory epidemiology: use of mobile phones for community-based health reporting
… Regarding the Ushahidi deployment in Haiti, Craig Clark of the United States Marine
Corps said, “I cannot overemphasize to you what the work of the Ushahidi/Haiti has provided …
Corps said, “I cannot overemphasize to you what the work of the Ushahidi/Haiti has provided …
[HTML][HTML] Digital drug safety surveillance: monitoring pharmaceutical products in twitter
CC Freifeld, JS Brownstein, CM Menone, W Bao… - Drug safety, 2014 - Springer
Background Traditional adverse event (AE) reporting systems have been slow in adapting
to online AE reporting from patients, relying instead on gatekeepers, such as clinicians and …
to online AE reporting from patients, relying instead on gatekeepers, such as clinicians and …
Global distribution maps of the leishmaniases
…, P Bastien, F Pratlong, JS Brownstein, CC Freifeld… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.02851.001 The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases that have a broad
global distribution throughout much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Despite representing a …
global distribution throughout much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Despite representing a …
Global capacity for emerging infectious disease detection
…, AL Sonricker, M Keller, CC Freifeld… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The increasing number of emerging infectious disease events that have spread internationally,
such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1, …
such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1, …
[HTML][HTML] Use of unstructured event-based reports for global infectious disease surveillance
…, M Blench, H Tolentino, CC Freifeld… - Emerging infectious …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Free or low-cost sources of unstructured information, such as Internet news and online
discussion sites, provide detailed local and near real-time data on disease outbreaks, even in …
discussion sites, provide detailed local and near real-time data on disease outbreaks, even in …
Measuring vaccine confidence: analysis of data obtained by a media surveillance system used to analyse public concerns about vaccines
…, CC Freifeld, I Ghinai, C Jarrett… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background The intensity, spread, and effects of public opinion about vaccines are growing
as new modes of communication speed up information sharing, contributing to vaccine …
as new modes of communication speed up information sharing, contributing to vaccine …
[HTML][HTML] Influenza A (H7N9) and the importance of digital epidemiology
On March 31, 2013, Chinese health officials notified the World Health Organization of three
cases of human infection with novel inf luenza A (H7N9). Since then, 132 people have been …
cases of human infection with novel inf luenza A (H7N9). Since then, 132 people have been …