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Published on in Vol 16, No 6 (2014): June

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Detecting Disease Outbreaks in Mass Gatherings Using Internet Data

Detecting Disease Outbreaks in Mass Gatherings Using Internet Data

Elad Yom-Tov   1 , BSc, MA, PhD ;   Diana Borsa   2 , BSc, BMath, MSc (Hons) ;   Ingemar J Cox   3, 4 , BSc, DPhil ;   Rachel A McKendry   5 , BSc, PhD

1 Microsoft Research Israel, Herzelia, Israel

2 Centre of Computational Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML), Department of Computer Science, University College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom

3 Copenhagen University, Department of Computer Science, Copenhagen, Denmark

4 University College London, University of London, Department of Computer Science, London, United Kingdom

5 University College London, University of London, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Diana Borsa, BSc, BMath, MSc (Hons)
  • Centre of Computational Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML)
  • Department of Computer Science
  • University College London, University of London
  • Malet Place
  • Gower St
  • London WC1E 6BT
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 20-7679
  • Fax: 44 20-7387-1397
  • Email: d.borsa@cs.ucl.ac.uk