Flu Near You

Crowdsourced Symptom Reporting Spanning 2 Influenza Seasons

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ID11020974
AutoresMark S Smolinski (0000-0002-5713-8241, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Adam W Crawley (0000-0002-1077-3889, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Kristin Baltrusaitis (0000-0003-2090-9513, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Rumi Chunara (0000-0002-5346-7259, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Jennifer M Olsen (0000-0001-6547-8791, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Oktawia Wójcik (Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Mauricio Santillana (0000-0002-4206-418X, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), Andre Nguyen (Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.), André T Nguyen (0000-0001-7131-6879, Center for Pain and the Brain), John S Brownstein (0000-0001-8568-5317, Mark S. Smolinski, Adam W. Crawley, and Jennifer M. Olsen are with the Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA. At the time of study, Rumi Chunara was with and Kristin Baltrusaitis, Oktawia Wójcik, Mauricio Santillana and John S. Brownstein are currently with the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston, MA. Andre Nguyen is with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.)
Año2015
Volumen105
Número10
Páginas2124-2130
Fecha de publicación2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302696
PMID26270299
OpenAlexW2143654742
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas10

Objectives. We summarized Flu Near You (FNY) data from the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 influenza seasons in the United States. Methods. FNY collects limited demographic characteristic information upon registration, and prompts users each Monday to report symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) experienced during the previous week. We calculated the descriptive statistics and rates of ILI for the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 seasons. We compared raw and noise-filtered ILI rates with ILI rates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ILINet surveillance system. Results. More than 61 000 participants submitted at least 1 report during the 2012–2013 season, totaling 327 773 reports. Nearly 40 000 participants submitted at least 1 report during the 2013–2014 season, totaling 336 933 reports. Rates of ILI as reported by FNY tracked closely with ILINet in both timing and magnitude. Conclusions. With increased participation, FNY has the potential to serve as a viable complement to existing outpatient, hospital-based, and laboratory surveillance systems. Although many established systems have the benefits of specificity and credibility, participatory systems offer advantages in the areas of speed, sensitivity, and scalability

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Credibility · Descriptive statistics · Disease · Environmental health · Flu season · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Influenza season · Influenza vaccine · Influenza-like illness · Pathology · Political science · Seasonal influenza · Statistics · Vaccination · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Demography · Influenza Virus Research Studies · Medicine · Virology