Sally Furniss
Well-known member
Internet- versus Telephone-based Local Outbreak Investigations
Although the Internet has been increasingly used in epidemiologic research, its use for investigation of infectious disease outbreaks has been less frequently described. Most reports of Internet-based outbreak investigations have described large, single outbreaks conducted by national or state public health agencies. Examples of reported Internet-based outbreak investigations include a community wide norovirus outbreak in Finland, a community wide Cryptosporidium outbreak in Kansas, a multistate Salmonella outbreak, and a conjunctivitis outbreak at a university .....
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/6/pdfs/975.pdf
Although the Internet has been increasingly used in epidemiologic research, its use for investigation of infectious disease outbreaks has been less frequently described. Most reports of Internet-based outbreak investigations have described large, single outbreaks conducted by national or state public health agencies. Examples of reported Internet-based outbreak investigations include a community wide norovirus outbreak in Finland, a community wide Cryptosporidium outbreak in Kansas, a multistate Salmonella outbreak, and a conjunctivitis outbreak at a university .....
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/6/pdfs/975.pdf