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profileJohn Samuel Brownstein, D.Phil.

TitleProfessor of Pediatrics
InstitutionBoston Children's Hospital
DepartmentPediatrics
AddressChildren's Hospital
Informatics Program/Emergency Med - 451
One Autumn Street
Boston MA 02215
Phone617/355-6998
Fax617/730-0267
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TitleProfessor of Biomedical Informatics
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentBiomedical Informatics


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R01LM011965     (BROWNSTEIN, JOHN S.)May 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2018
NIH/NLM
An Approach for Estimating Foodborne Illnesses and Assessing Risk Factors
Role: Principal Investigator
R01LM010812     (BROWNSTEIN, JOHN S.)Jul 15, 2010 - Jul 14, 2016
NIH/NLM
A Platform for Modeling the Global Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Disease
Role: Principal Investigator
G08LM009776     (BROWNSTEIN, JOHN S.)Sep 30, 2009 - Sep 29, 2013
NIH/NLM
HealthMap: Knowledge Management for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence
Role: Principal Investigator
R21AI073591     (BROWNSTEIN, JOHN S.)Sep 30, 2007 - Aug 31, 2010
NIH/NIAID
Empirical space-time evaluation of priority groups for influenza control
Role: Principal Investigator
R21LM009263     (BROWNSTEIN, JOHN S.)Sep 30, 2006 - Sep 29, 2009
NIH/NLM
Informatics for empirically supported influenza pandemic control strategies
Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. McGinnis DP, Brownstein JS, Patel CJ. Environment-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2012). Sci Rep. 2016; 6:30373. PMID: 27457472.
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  2. Herrera JL, Srinivasan R, Brownstein JS, Galvani AP, Meyers LA. Disease Surveillance on Complex Social Networks. PLoS Comput Biol. 2016 Jul; 12(7):e1004928. PMID: 27415615.
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  3. Tian H, Huang S, Zhou S, Bi P, Yang Z, Li X, Chen L, Cazelles B, Yang J, Luo L, Jing Q, Yuan W, Pei Y, Sun Z, Yue T, Kwan MP, Liu Q, Wang M, Tong S, Brownstein JS, Xu B. Surface water areas significantly impacted 2014 dengue outbreaks in Guangzhou, China. Environ Res. 2016 Oct; 150:299-305. PMID: 27336234.
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  4. Majumder MS, Santillana M, Mekaru SR, McGinnis DP, Khan K, Brownstein JS. Utilizing Nontraditional Data Sources for Near Real-Time Estimation of Transmission Dynamics During the 2015-2016 Colombian Zika Virus Disease Outbreak. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2016; 2(1):e30. PMID: 27251981.
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  5. Nsoesie EO, Kraemer MU, Golding N, Pigott DM, Brady OJ, Moyes CL, Johansson MA, Gething PW, Velayudhan R, Khan K, Hay SI, Brownstein JS. Global distribution and environmental suitability for chikungunya virus, 1952 to 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016 May 19; 21(20). PMID: 27239817.
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  6. Wilder-Smith A, Cohn E, Lloyd DC, Tozan Y, Brownstein JS. Internet-based media coverage on dengue in Sri Lanka between 2007 and 2015. Glob Health Action. 2016; 9:31620. PMID: 27178645.
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  7. Santillana M, Nguyen AT, Louie T, Zink A, Gray J, Sung I, Brownstein JS. Cloud-based Electronic Health Records for Real-time, Region-specific Influenza Surveillance. Sci Rep. 2016; 6:25732. PMID: 27165494.
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  8. Powell GE, Seifert HA, Reblin T, Burstein PJ, Blowers J, Menius JA, Painter JL, Thomas M, Pierce CE, Rodriguez HW, Brownstein JS, Freifeld CC, Bell HG, Dasgupta N. Social Media Listening for Routine Post-Marketing Safety Surveillance. Drug Saf. 2016 May; 39(5):443-54. PMID: 26798054.
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  9. Messina JP, Kraemer MU, Brady OJ, Pigott DM, Shearer FM, Weiss DJ, Golding N, Ruktanonchai CW, Gething PW, Cohn E, Brownstein JS, Khan K, Tatem AJ, Jaenisch T, Murray CJ, Marinho F, Scott TW, Hay SI. Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus. Elife. 2016; 5. PMID: 27090089.
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  10. Ndeffo-Mbah ML, Durham DP, Skrip LA, Nsoesie EO, Brownstein JS, Fish D, Galvani AP. Evaluating the effectiveness of localized control strategies to curtail chikungunya. Sci Rep. 2016; 6:23997. PMID: 27045523.
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  11. Bahk CY, Cumming M, Paushter L, Madoff LC, Thomson A, Brownstein JS. Publicly Available Online Tool Facilitates Real-Time Monitoring Of Vaccine Conversations And Sentiments. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Feb; 35(2):341-7. PMID: 26858390.
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  12. Bogoch II, Brady OJ, Kraemer MU, German M, Creatore MI, Kulkarni MA, Brownstein JS, Mekaru SR, Hay SI, Groot E, Watts A, Khan K. Anticipating the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil. Lancet. 2016 Jan 23; 387(10016):335-6. PMID: 26777915.
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  13. Paul MJ, Sarker A, Brownstein JS, Nikfarjam A, Scotch M, Smith KL, Gonzalez G. SOCIAL MEDIA MINING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2016; 21:468-79. PMID: 26776210.
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  14. Dart RC, Surratt HL, Le Lait MC, Stivers Y, Bebarta VS, Freifeld CC, Brownstein JS, Burke JJ, Kurtz SP, Dasgupta N. Diversion and Illicit Sale of Extended Release Tapentadol in the United States. Pain Med. 2016 Aug; 17(8):1490-6. PMID: 26814267.
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  15. Brownstein JS, Huston JE, Steingold L, Joyce MV. On-demand delivery of influenza vaccination. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Nov 17; 163(10):806-7. PMID: 26571249.
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  16. Majumder MS, Kluberg SA, Mekaru SR, Brownstein JS. Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov; 21(11):2088-90. PMID: 26488869; PMCID: PMC4622268.
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  17. Santillana M, Nguyen AT, Dredze M, Paul MJ, Nsoesie EO, Brownstein JS. Combining Search, Social Media, and Traditional Data Sources to Improve Influenza Surveillance. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Oct; 11(10):e1004513. PMID: 26513245; PMCID: PMC4626021.
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  18. Hawkins JB, Brownstein JS, Tuli G, Runels T, Broecker K, Nsoesie EO, McIver DJ, Rozenblum R, Wright A, Bourgeois FT, Greaves F. Measuring patient-perceived quality of care in US hospitals using Twitter. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Jun; 25(6):404-13. PMID: 26464518.
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  19. McIver DJ, Grizales AM, Brownstein JS, Goldfine AB. Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Is Lower in US Adults Taking Chromium-Containing Supplements. J Nutr. 2015 Dec; 145(12):2675-82. PMID: 26446484; PMCID: PMC4656904 [Available on 12/01/16].
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  20. Kesselheim AS, Campbell EG, Schneeweiss S, Rausch P, Lappin BM, Zhou EH, Seeger JD, Brownstein JS, Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Toomey T, Dal Pan GJ, Avorn J. Erratum to: Methodological Approaches to Evaluate the Impact of FDA Drug Safety Communications. Drug Saf. 2015 Sep; 38(9):845. PMID: 26201399.
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  21. Zinszer K, Morrison K, Anema A, Majumder MS, Brownstein JS. The velocity of Ebola spread in parts of west Africa. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Sep; 15(9):1005-7. PMID: 26333328.
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  22. Majumder MS, Huston JE, Brownstein JS. Vaccination Compliance and the US Measles Epidemic--Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Sep; 169(9):877-8. PMID: 26348860.
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  23. Nsoesie EO, Ricketts RP, Brown HE, Fish D, Durham DP, Ndeffo Mbah ML, Christian T, Ahmed S, Marcellin C, Shelly E, Owers K, Wenzel N, Galvani AP, Brownstein JS. Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Dominica. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015; 9(8):e0003977. PMID: 26274813; PMCID: PMC4537218.
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  24. Smolinski MS, Crawley AW, Baltrusaitis K, Chunara R, Olsen JM, Wójcik O, Santillana M, Nguyen A, Brownstein JS. Flu Near You: Crowdsourced Symptom Reporting Spanning 2 Influenza Seasons. Am J Public Health. 2015 Oct; 105(10):2124-30. PMID: 26270299; PMCID: PMC4566540.
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  25. Olson SH, Benedum CM, Mekaru SR, Preston ND, Mazet JA, Joly DO, Brownstein JS. Drivers of Emerging Infectious Disease Events as a Framework for Digital Detection. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Aug; 21(8):1285-92. PMID: 26196106; PMCID: PMC4517741.
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  26. Hoen AG, Hladish TJ, Eggo RM, Lenczner M, Brownstein JS, Meyers LA. Epidemic Wave Dynamics Attributable to Urban Community Structure: A Theoretical Characterization of Disease Transmission in a Large Network. J Med Internet Res. 2015; 17(7):e169. PMID: 26156032; PMCID: PMC4526984.
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  27. Messina JP, Pigott DM, Golding N, Duda KA, Brownstein JS, Weiss DJ, Gibson H, Robinson TP, Gilbert M, William Wint GR, Nuttall PA, Gething PW, Myers MF, George DB, Hay SI. The global distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Aug; 109(8):503-13. PMID: 26142451; PMCID: PMC4501401.
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  28. MacFadden DR, Bogoch II, Brownstein JS, Daneman N, Fisman D, German M, Khan K. A passage from India: Association between air traffic and reported cases of New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase 1 from 2007 to 2012. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015 Jul-Aug; 13(4):295-9. PMID: 26143595.
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  29. Zinszer K, Kigozi R, Charland K, Dorsey G, Brewer TF, Brownstein JS, Kamya MR, Buckeridge DL. Forecasting malaria in a highly endemic country using environmental and clinical predictors. Malar J. 2015; 14:245. PMID: 26081838; PMCID: PMC4470343.
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  30. Patel NG, Rorres C, Joly DO, Brownstein JS, Boston R, Levy MZ, Smith G. Quantitative methods of identifying the key nodes in the illegal wildlife trade network. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 30; 112(26):7948-53. PMID: 26080413; PMCID: PMC4491747 [Available on 12/30/15].
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  31. McIver DJ, Hawkins JB, Chunara R, Chatterjee AK, Bhandari A, Fitzgerald TP, Jain SH, Brownstein JS. Characterizing Sleep Issues Using Twitter. J Med Internet Res. 2015; 17(6):e140. PMID: 26054530; PMCID: PMC4526927.
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  32. Kesselheim AS, Campbell EG, Schneeweiss S, Rausch P, Lappin BM, Zhou EH, Seeger JD, Brownstein JS, Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Toomey T, Dal Pan GJ, Avorn J. Methodological approaches to evaluate the impact of FDA drug safety communications. Drug Saf. 2015 Jun; 38(6):565-75. PMID: 25968811.
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  33. Goff J, Rowe A, Brownstein JS, Chunara R. Surveillance of Acute Respiratory Infections Using Community-Submitted Symptoms and Specimens for Molecular Diagnostic Testing. PLoS Curr. 2015; 7. PMID: 26075141; PMCID: PMC4455990.
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  34. Ahmed SS, Oviedo-Orta E, Mekaru SR, Freifeld CC, Tougas G, Brownstein JS. Surveillance for Neisseria meningitidis Disease Activity and Transmission Using Information Technology. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0127406. PMID: 25992552; PMCID: PMC4439021.
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  35. Fast SM, Mekaru S, Brownstein JS, Postlethwaite TA, Markuzon N. The Role of Social Mobilization in Controlling Ebola Virus in Lofa County, Liberia. PLoS Curr. 2015; 7. PMID: 26075140; PMCID: PMC4455978.
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  36. Jain SH, Powers BW, Hawkins JB, Brownstein JS. The digital phenotype. Nat Biotechnol. 2015 May; 33(5):462-3. PMID: 25965751.
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  37. Majumder MS, Cohn EL, Mekaru SR, Huston JE, Brownstein JS. Substandard vaccination compliance and the 2015 measles outbreak. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 May; 169(5):494-5. PMID: 25774618; PMCID: PMC4476536 [Available on 05/01/16].
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  38. Majumder MS, Kluberg S, Santillana M, Mekaru S, Brownstein JS. 2014 ebola outbreak: media events track changes in observed reproductive number. PLoS Curr. 2015; 7. PMID: 25992303; PMCID: PMC4422562.
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  39. Huston JE, Mekaru SR, Kluberg S, Brownstein JS. Searching the Web for Influenza Vaccines: HealthMap Vaccine Finder. Am J Public Health. 2015 Aug; 105(8):e134-9. PMID: 25880945; PMCID: PMC4503243.
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  40. Messina JP, Pigott DM, Duda KA, Brownstein JS, Myers MF, George DB, Hay SI. A global compendium of human Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus occurrence. Sci Data. 2015; 2:150016. PMID: 25977820; PMCID: PMC4409013.
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  41. Chunara R, Goldstein E, Patterson-Lomba O, Brownstein JS. Estimating influenza attack rates in the United States using a participatory cohort. Sci Rep. 2015; 5:9540. PMID: 25835538.
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  42. Bahk CY, Scales DA, Mekaru SR, Brownstein JS, Freifeld CC. Comparing timeliness, content, and disease severity of formal and informal source outbreak reporting. BMC Infect Dis. 2015; 15:135. PMID: 25887692; PMCID: PMC4369067.
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  43. Feldstein LR, Brownstein JS, Brady OJ, Hay SI, Johansson MA. Dengue on islands: a Bayesian approach to understanding the global ecology of dengue viruses. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015 May; 109(5):303-12. PMID: 25771261; PMCID: PMC4401210.
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  44. Nsoesie EO, Butler P, Ramakrishnan N, Mekaru SR, Brownstein JS. Monitoring disease trends using hospital traffic data from high resolution satellite imagery: a feasibility study. Sci Rep. 2015; 5:9112. PMID: 25765943; PMCID: PMC4357853.
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  45. Nsoesie EO, Brownstein JS. Computational approaches to influenza surveillance: beyond timeliness. Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Mar 11; 17(3):275-8. PMID: 25766284; PMCID: PMC4492472 [Available on 03/11/16].
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  46. Vayena E, Salathé M, Madoff LC, Brownstein JS. Ethical challenges of big data in public health. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Feb; 11(2):e1003904. PMID: 25664461; PMCID: PMC4321985.
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  47. Nsoesie EO, Kluberg SA, Mekaru SR, Majumder MS, Khan K, Hay SI, Brownstein JS. New digital technologies for the surveillance of infectious diseases at mass gathering events. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Feb; 21(2):134-40. PMID: 25636385; PMCID: PMC4332877 [Available on 02/01/16].
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  48. Milinovich GJ, Avril SM, Clements AC, Brownstein JS, Tong S, Hu W. Using internet search queries for infectious disease surveillance: screening diseases for suitability. BMC Infect Dis. 2014; 14:690. PMID: 25551277; PMCID: PMC4300155.
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  49. McAlarnen L, Smith K, Brownstein JS, Jerde C. Internet and free press are associated with reduced lags in global outbreak reporting. PLoS Curr. 2014; 6. PMID: 25642380; PMCID: PMC4234456.
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  50. Bogoch II, Creatore MI, Cetron MS, Brownstein JS, Pesik N, Miniota J, Tam T, Hu W, Nicolucci A, Ahmed S, Yoon JW, Berry I, Hay SI, Anema A, Tatem AJ, MacFadden D, German M, Khan K. Assessment of the potential for international dissemination of Ebola virus via commercial air travel during the 2014 west African outbreak. Lancet. 2015 Jan 3; 385(9962):29-35. PMID: 25458732; PMCID: PMC4286618.
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  51. Nagar R, Yuan Q, Freifeld CC, Santillana M, Nojima A, Chunara R, Brownstein JS. A case study of the New York City 2012-2013 influenza season with daily geocoded Twitter data from temporal and spatiotemporal perspectives. J Med Internet Res. 2014; 16(10):e236. PMID: 25331122; PMCID: PMC4259880.
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  52. Anema A, Kluberg S, Wilson K, Hogg RS, Khan K, Hay SI, Tatem AJ, Brownstein JS. Digital surveillance for enhanced detection and response to outbreaks. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Nov; 14(11):1035-7. PMID: 25444397; PMCID: PMC4474182.
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  53. Schwind JS, Wolking DJ, Brownstein JS, Mazet JA, Smith WA. Evaluation of local media surveillance for improved disease recognition and monitoring in global hotspot regions. PLoS One. 2014; 9(10):e110236. PMID: 25333618; PMCID: PMC4198292.
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  54. Pigott DM, Golding N, Messina JP, Battle KE, Duda KA, Balard Y, Bastien P, Pratlong F, Brownstein JS, Freifeld CC, Mekaru SR, Madoff LC, George DB, Myers MF, Hay SI. Global database of leishmaniasis occurrence locations, 1960-2012. Sci Data. 2014; 1:140036. PMID: 25984344; PMCID: PMC4432653.
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  55. Pigott DM, Golding N, Mylne A, Huang Z, Henry AJ, Weiss DJ, Brady OJ, Kraemer MU, Smith DL, Moyes CL, Bhatt S, Gething PW, Horby PW, Bogoch II, Brownstein JS, Mekaru SR, Tatem AJ, Khan K, Hay SI. Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa. Elife. 2014; 3:e04395. PMID: 25201877; PMCID: PMC4166725.
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  56. Santillana M, Nsoesie EO, Mekaru SR, Scales D, Brownstein JS. Using clinicians' search query data to monitor influenza epidemics. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15; 59(10):1446-50. PMID: 25115873; PMCID: PMC4296132.
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  57. Nsoesie EO, Kluberg SA, Brownstein JS. Online reports of foodborne illness capture foods implicated in official foodborne outbreak reports. Prev Med. 2014 Oct; 67:264-9. PMID: 25124281; PMCID: PMC4167574.
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  58. Mekaru SR, Brownstein JS. One Health in social networks and social media. Rev Sci Tech. 2014 Aug; 33(2):629-37. PMID: 25707189; PMCID: PMC4523050.
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  59. Freifeld CC, Brownstein JS, Menone CM, Bao W, Filice R, Kass-Hout T, Dasgupta N. Erratum to: Digital Drug Safety Surveillance: Monitoring Pharmaceutical Products in Twitter. Drug Saf. 2014 Jul; 37(7):555. PMID: 24859165.
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  60. Pigott DM, Bhatt S, Golding N, Duda KA, Battle KE, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Balard Y, Bastien P, Pratlong F, Brownstein JS, Freifeld CC, Mekaru SR, Gething PW, George DB, Myers MF, Reithinger R, Hay SI. Global distribution maps of the leishmaniases. Elife. 2014; 3. PMID: 24972829; PMCID: PMC4103681.
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  61. Wójcik OP, Brownstein JS, Chunara R, Johansson MA. Public health for the people: participatory infectious disease surveillance in the digital age. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2014; 11:7. PMID: 24991229; PMCID: PMC4078360.
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  62. Khan K, Bogoch I, Brownstein JS, Miniota J, Nicolucci A, Hu W, Nsoesie EO, Cetron M, Creatore MI, German M, Wilder-Smith A. Assessing the origin of and potential for international spread of chikungunya virus from the Caribbean. PLoS Curr. 2014; 6. PMID: 24944846; PMCID: PMC4055609.
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  63. Lau EH, Zheng J, Tsang TK, Liao Q, Lewis B, Brownstein JS, Sanders S, Wong JY, Mekaru SR, Rivers C, Wu P, Jiang H, Li Y, Yu J, Zhang Q, Chang Z, Liu F, Peng Z, Leung GM, Feng L, Cowling BJ, Yu H. Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China. BMC Med. 2014; 12:88. PMID: 24885692; PMCID: PMC4066833.
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  64. Messina JP, Brady OJ, Pigott DM, Brownstein JS, Hoen AG, Hay SI. A global compendium of human dengue virus occurrence. Sci Data. 2014; 1:140004. PMID: 25977762; PMCID: PMC4322574.
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  65. Scales D, Brownstein JS, Khan K, Cetron MS. Toward a county-level map of tuberculosis rates in the U.S. Am J Prev Med. 2014 May; 46(5):e49-51. PMID: 24745646; PMCID: PMC4474181.
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  66. Freifeld CC, Brownstein JS, Menone CM, Bao W, Filice R, Kass-Hout T, Dasgupta N. Digital drug safety surveillance: monitoring pharmaceutical products in twitter. Drug Saf. 2014 May; 37(5):343-50. PMID: 24777653; PMCID: PMC4013443.
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  67. Nsoesie EO, Mekaru SR, Ramakrishnan N, Marathe MV, Brownstein JS. Modeling to predict cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Chile. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Apr; 8(4):e2779. PMID: 24763320; PMCID: PMC3998931.
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  68. McIver DJ, Brownstein JS. Wikipedia usage estimates prevalence of influenza-like illness in the United States in near real-time. PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Apr; 10(4):e1003581. PMID: 24743682; PMCID: PMC3990502.
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  69. Barboza P, Vaillant L, Le Strat Y, Hartley DM, Nelson NP, Mawudeku A, Madoff LC, Linge JP, Collier N, Brownstein JS, Astagneau P. Factors influencing performance of internet-based biosurveillance systems used in epidemic intelligence for early detection of infectious diseases outbreaks. PLoS One. 2014; 9(3):e90536. PMID: 24599062; PMCID: PMC3944226.
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  70. Gluskin RT, Johansson MA, Santillana M, Brownstein JS. Evaluation of Internet-based dengue query data: Google Dengue Trends. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Feb; 8(2):e2713. PMID: 24587465; PMCID: PMC3937307.
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  71. Nsoesie EO, Buckeridge DL, Brownstein JS. Guess who's not coming to dinner? Evaluating online restaurant reservations for disease surveillance. J Med Internet Res. 2014; 16(1):e22. PMID: 24451921; PMCID: PMC3906695.
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  72. Charland KM, de Montigny L, Brownstein JS, Buckeridge DL. Clinic accessibility and clinic-level predictors of the geographic variation in 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine coverage in Montreal, Canada. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014 May; 8(3):317-28. PMID: 24382000; PMCID: PMC4181480.
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  73. Nsoesie EO, Brownstein JS, Ramakrishnan N, Marathe MV. A systematic review of studies on forecasting the dynamics of influenza outbreaks. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014 May; 8(3):309-16. PMID: 24373466; PMCID: PMC4181479.
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  74. Bennett KJ, Olsen JM, Harris S, Mekaru S, Livinski AA, Brownstein JS. The perfect storm of information: combining traditional and non-traditional data sources for public health situational awareness during hurricane response. PLoS Curr. 2013; 5. PMID: 24459610; PMCID: PMC3871418.
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  75. Scales D, Zelenev A, Brownstein JS. Quantifying the effect of media limitations on outbreak data in a global online web-crawling epidemic intelligence system, 2008-2011. Emerg Health Threats J. 2013; 6:21621. PMID: 24206612; PMCID: PMC3822088.
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  76. Ocampo AJ, Chunara R, Brownstein JS. Using search queries for malaria surveillance, Thailand. Malar J. 2013; 12:390. PMID: 24188069; PMCID: PMC4228243.
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  77. de Montigny L, Charland K, Verma A, Brownstein JS, Le Guerrier P, Buckeridge DL. Predictors of the timing of vaccination uptake: The 2009 influenza pandemic (H1N1) in Montreal. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Nov; 45(5):622-8. PMID: 24139776.
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  78. Dasgupta N, Freifeld C, Brownstein JS, Menone CM, Surratt HL, Poppish L, Green JL, Lavonas EJ, Dart RC. Crowdsourcing black market prices for prescription opioids. J Med Internet Res. 2013; 15(8):e178. PMID: 23956042; PMCID: PMC3758048.
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  79. Chunara R, Smolinski MS, Brownstein JS. Why we need crowdsourced data in infectious disease surveillance. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2013 Aug; 15(4):316-9. PMID: 23689991; PMCID: PMC3718458.
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  80. Khan K, Sears J, Hu VW, Brownstein JS, Hay S, Kossowsky D, Eckhardt R, Chim T, Berry I, Bogoch I, Cetron M. Potential for the international spread of middle East respiratory syndrome in association with mass gatherings in saudi arabia. PLoS Curr. 2013; 5. PMID: 23884087; PMCID: PMC3714242.
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  81. Salathé M, Freifeld CC, Mekaru SR, Tomasulo AF, Brownstein JS. Influenza A (H7N9) and the importance of digital epidemiology. N Engl J Med. 2013 Aug 1; 369(5):401-4. PMID: 23822655.
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  82. Cassa CA, Chunara R, Mandl K, Brownstein JS. Twitter as a sentinel in emergency situations: lessons from the Boston marathon explosions. PLoS Curr. 2013; 5. PMID: 23852273; PMCID: PMC3706072.1.
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  83. Leder K, Torresi J, Brownstein JS, Wilson ME, Keystone JS, Barnett E, Schwartz E, Schlagenhauf P, Wilder-Smith A, Castelli F, von Sonnenburg F, Freedman DO, Cheng AC. Travel-associated illness trends and clusters, 2000-2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul; 19(7):1049-73. PMID: 23763775; PMCID: PMC3713975.
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  173. Brownstein JS, Skelly DK, Holford TR, Fish D. Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk. Oecologia. 2005 Dec; 146(3):469-75. PMID: 16187106.
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  174. Reis BY, Brownstein JS, Mandl KD. Running outside the baseline: impact of the 2004 Major League Baseball postseason on emergency department use. Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Oct; 46(4):386-7. PMID: 16183403.
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  175. Brownstein JS, Kleinman KP, Mandl KD. Identifying pediatric age groups for influenza vaccination using a real-time regional surveillance system. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Oct 1; 162(7):686-93. PMID: 16107568; PMCID: PMC1266301.
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  176. Brownstein JS, Cassa CA, Kohane IS, Mandl KD. Reverse geocoding: concerns about patient confidentiality in the display of geospatial health data. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005; 905. PMID: 16779192; PMCID: PMC1560748.
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  177. Derdáková M, Dudiòák V, Brei B, Brownstein JS, Schwartz I, Fish D. Interaction and transmission of two Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains in a tick-rodent maintenance system. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Nov; 70(11):6783-8. PMID: 15528545; PMCID: PMC525125.
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  178. Madhav NK, Brownstein JS, Tsao JI, Fish D. A dispersal model for the range expansion of blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol. 2004 Sep; 41(5):842-52. PMID: 15535611.
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  179. Brownstein JS, Holford TR, Fish D. Enhancing West Nile virus surveillance, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jun; 10(6):1129-33. PMID: 15207069; PMCID: PMC3323153.
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  180. Brownstein JS, Hett E, O'Neill SL. The potential of virulent Wolbachia to modulate disease transmission by insects. J Invertebr Pathol. 2003 Sep; 84(1):24-9. PMID: 13678709.
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  181. Brownstein JS, Holford TR, Fish D. A climate-based model predicts the spatial distribution of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in the United States. Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Jul; 111(9):1152-7. PMID: 12842766; PMCID: PMC1241567.
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  182. Brownstein JS, Rosen H, Purdy D, Miller JR, Merlino M, Mostashari F, Fish D. Spatial analysis of West Nile virus: rapid risk assessment of an introduced vector-borne zoonosis. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2002; 2(3):157-64. PMID: 12737545.
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