Researchers show phone calls can forecast dengue fever outbreaks

A research team has developed a system that can forecast the outbreak of dengue fever by simply analyzing the calling behavior of citizens to a public-health hotline. This telephone-based disease surveillance system can forecast two to three weeks ahead of time — with intra-city granularity — outbreaks of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus that infects […]

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