Open AccessEnhancing Syndromic Surveillance With Online Respondent-Driven Detection
Author(s) -
Mart L. Stein,
Jim E. van Steenbergen,
Vincent Buskens,
P.G.M. van der Heijden,
Carl Koppeschaar,
Linus Bengtsson,
Anna Thorson,
Mirjam Kretzschmar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302717
Subject(s) - respondent , environmental health , medicine , medline , chemistry , political science , law , biochemistry
We investigated the feasibility of combining an online chain recruitment method (respondent-driven detection) and participatory surveillance panels to collect previously undetected information on infectious diseases via social networks of participants.