title: Tracking Disease: Digital Epidemiology Offers New Promise in Predicting Outbreaks.
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.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004813:Epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011634:Public Health; D057386:Search Engine; D061108:Social Media