GENI-DB: a database of global events for epidemic intelligence
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UNLABELLED We present a novel public health database (GENI-DB) in which news events on the topic of over 176 infectious diseases and chemicals affecting human and animal health are compiled from surveillance of the global online news media in 10 languages. News event frequency data were gathered systematically through the BioCaster public health surveillance system from July 2009 to the present and is available to download by the research community for purposes of analyzing trends in the global burden of infectious diseases. Database search can be conducted by year, country, disease and language. AVAILABILITY The GENI-DB is freely available via a web portal at http://born.nii.ac.jp/.
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