title: New digital technologies for the surveillance of infectious diseases at mass gathering events.
abstract: Outbreaks of infectious diseases at mass gatherings can strain the health system of the host region and pose a threat to local and global health. In addition to strengthening existing surveillance systems, most host nations also use novel technologies to assess disease risk and augment traditional surveillance approaches. We review novel approaches to disease surveillance using the Internet, mobile phone applications, and wireless sensor networks. These novel approaches to disease surveillance can result in prompt detection.
authors: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: onelaine@vt.edu.
authors: E O
authors: EO
authors: Nsoesie
authors: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Kluberg
authors: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA.
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Mekaru
authors: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA; Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Majumder
authors: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Khan
authors: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors: S I
authors: SI
authors: Hay
authors: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Brownstein
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D003625:Data Collection; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D059015:Wireless Technology
keywords: Communicable diseases; Internet; mass gatherings; novel technologies; wireless sensor networks
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