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Show HN: Tracking Flu Outbreaks with Wikipedia

1 pointsby lauradhamiltonabout 11 years ago
I wrote a script to import Wikipedia traffic data for the Influenza page and graph it. (Updates daily)<p>Graph: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.additiveanalytics.com&#x2F;solutions&#x2F;flu_tracker<p>Inspired by this study published last week: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ploscompbiol.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;info:doi&#x2F;10.1371&#x2F;journal.pcbi.1003581#abstract1<p>The researchers found that Wikipedia page view data provided better real-time reporting on influenza outbreaks when compared to the CDC&#x27;s data (which has a typical lag of 1-2 weeks) and Google Flu Trends (which had trouble with the 2012-2013 flu season and 2009 H1N1 panic.<p>Graph was done with d3.js.

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lauradhamiltonabout 11 years ago
Clickable link: <a href="http://www.additiveanalytics.com/solutions/flu_tracker" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.additiveanalytics.com&#x2F;solutions&#x2F;flu_tracker</a>
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