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Table 1 Summary of the 18 data sets used in the study

From: What's unusual in online disease outbreak news?

 

Condition

Country

Official language

Internet penetration (%)

ProMED postings(A)

1

Hand Foot Mouth

PR China

zh

22.4

9

2

Ebola

Congo

fr

1.8

17

3

Yellow Fever

Brazil

pt

34.4

28

4

Influenza

USA

en

73.2

21

5

Cholera

Iraq

ar

1.0

5

6

Chikungunya

Singapore

en

67.4

8

7

Anthrax

USA

en

73.2

15

8

Yellow Fever

Argentina

es

49.4

5

9

Ebola Reston

Philippines

tl, en

21.5

15

10

Influenza

Egypt

ar

12.9

49

11

Plague

USA

en

73.2

8

12

Dengue Fever

Brazil

pt

34.4

27

13

Dengue Fever

Indonesia

id

10.5

14

14

Measles

United Kingdom

en

71.8

13

15

Chikungunya

Malaysia

ms

62.8

15

16

Yellow Fever

Senegal

fr

6.1

0

17

Influenza

Indonesia

id

10.5

35

18

Influenza

Bangladesh

bn

0.3

3

  1. Official language is given in ISO 3166-1 alpha 2; Internet penetration statistics are from Internet World Statistics March 31st2009. (A)'ProMED postings' shows the total number of true positives for each outbreak data set over the test study period.