Elizabeth C. Lee|Jason Asher|Sandra Goldlust|John Kraemer|Andrew Lawson|Shweta Bansal
Mind the Scales: Harnessing Spatial Big Data for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Inference
Leidos (United States)|Georgetown University|Medical University of South Carolina|Fogarty International Center|National Institutes of Health
spatial big data velocity volume variety big data sources contain additional geographic information digital data sources medical claims mobile phone call data records geographically tagged tweets entered infectious diseases epidemiology novel sources data complement traditional infectious disease surveillance work provide examples spatial big data used thus far epidemiological analyses describe opportunities sources improve diseasemitigation strategies public health coordination addition consider technical practical ethical challenges use spatial big data infectious disease surveillance inference finally discuss implications rising use spatial big data epidemiology health risk communication public health policy recommendations coordination across scales