Factors Influencing Performance of Internet-Based Biosurveillance Systems Used in Epidemic Intelligence for Early Detection of Infectious Diseases Outbreaks

• Philippe Barboza ,

  * E-mail: barbozap@who.int

  Affiliation International Department, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire), Saint Maurice, France

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• Laetitia Vaillant,

  Affiliation International Department, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire), Saint Maurice, France

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• Yann Le Strat,

  Affiliation Infectious Department, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire), Saint Maurice, France

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• David M. Hartley,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C, United States of America, Imaging Science and Information Systems Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C, United States of America

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• Noele P. Nelson,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C, United States of America

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• Abla Mawudeku,

  Affiliation Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

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• Lawrence C. Madoff,

  Affiliation ProMED-mail, International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Jens P. Linge,

  Affiliation Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy

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• Nigel Collier,

  Affiliations National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, The European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• John S. Brownstein,

  Affiliation Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Pascal Astagneau

  Affiliation École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP), University school of public Health, PRES Sorbonne Cité, Paris, France

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