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Carolina Lopes Melo1, Larissa Rangel Mageste1, Lusiele Guaraldo1
1Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Journal of Medical Internet Research
|November 18, 2024
Summary
Digital tools like apps and social media enhance arbovirus surveillance by improving timeliness and case tracking. Further development is needed to ensure data quality and reliability for public health.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Digital Health
Background:
- Technological advancements and information systems are transforming public health surveillance.
- Digital tools offer new avenues for monitoring infectious diseases.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review on the use of digital tools for arbovirus surveillance.
- To assess evidence regarding digital tools for dengue virus (DENV), zika virus (ZIKV), and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) surveillance.
Main Methods:
- Searched MEDLINE, SCIELO, LILACS, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and EMBASE databases.
- Included studies describing digital tool use in arbovirus surveillance; excluded reviews, case reports, and non-surveillance studies.
- Evaluated tool application in outbreak monitoring, case tracking, rumor identification, and information dissemination.
Main Results:
- Included 68 of 2227 retrieved studies.
- Apps (35%) and Twitter/X (32%) were the most common digital tools.
- Tools supported traditional surveillance, enhancing timeliness, case tracking, and outbreak monitoring.
Conclusions:
- Web data and social media are crucial complementary strategies for health surveillance.
- Developing methods to ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability of digital tools is essential.
- Ethical considerations must guide the adoption of digital surveillance tools.
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