id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-262544-6q8eg9z4	Keller, Mikaela	Use of Unstructured Event-Based Reports for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance	2009-05-17		.txt	text/plain	4007	191	42	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 countries that lack traditional public health surveillance. In many countries, free or low-cost sources of unstructured information, including Internet news and online discussion sites (Figure) , could provide detailed local and near real-time data on potential and confi rmed disease outbreaks and other public health events (9, 10, (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) . With a goal of improving public health surveillance and, ultimately, intervention efforts, we (the architects, developers, and methodologists for the information systems described herein) reviewed 3 of the primary active systems that process unstructured (free-text), event-based information on disease outbreaks: The Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN), the HealthMap system, and the EpiSPIDER project (Semantic Processing and Integration of Distributed Electronic Resources for Epidemics [and disasters]; www.epispider.net).	./cache/cord-262544-6q8eg9z4.txt	./txt/cord-262544-6q8eg9z4.txt