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cord-018688-gvk9uazp	Magid, Avi	The Role of Informal Digital Surveillance Systems Before, During and After Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Critical Analysis	2018-03-23		.txt	text/plain	4373	203	42	We examined the source of information, the manner in which they process and disseminate the information, their role in each phase of disease outbreaks, and whether and to what extent these systems are capable of early detection and management of infectious disease epidemics. Conclusions Currently, there is little prospective evidence that existing informal systems are capable of real-time early detection of disease outbreaks. The systems evaluated were ProMED-mail, Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN), HealthMap, MediSys, EpiSPIDER, BioCaster, H5N1 Google Earth mashup, Avian Influenza Daily Digest and Blog, Google flu trends and Argus. The aim is to enhance the surveillance of infectious disease outbreaks.EpiSPIDER uses ProMED-mail reports as an input, as well as health news sources that provide RSS feeds. Another retrospective study tested the real-time detection ability of six informal digital systems, including Argus, BioCaster, GPHIN, HealthMap, MedISys and ProMED-mail.	./cache/cord-018688-gvk9uazp.txt	./txt/cord-018688-gvk9uazp.txt