Tracking Flu Outbreaks with Wikipedia

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I wrote a script to import Wikipedia traffic data for the Influenza page and graph it. (Updates daily)Graph: http://www.additiveanalytics.com/solutions/flu_trackerInspired by this study published last week: http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003581#abstract1The researchers found that Wikipedia page view data provided better real-time reporting on influenza outbreaks when compared to the CDC's data (which has a typical lag of 1-2 weeks) and Google Flu Trends (which had trouble with the 2012-2013 flu season and 2009 H1N1 panic.Graph was done with d3.js.

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