FluTrackers explained

FluTrackers
Url:	Official website
Type:	Internet forum
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Launch Date:	2006

FluTrackers is a website, online forum and early warning system which tracks and gathers information relating to a wide range of infectious diseases, including flu and assists in how to use it to inform the general public. It was co-founded by Sharon Sanders & Jeremy Walsh in 2006, initially to investigate seasonal influenza, novel influenza, and chikungunya. Later, it extended to include Ebola, Zika and drug resistant bacteria. In the first ten months of 2017, it received 18 million views.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

At the end of December 2019, the site began communicating early information on the outbreak of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, later known to be due to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Further reading

• Prandoni. Stefano . Sudden and fulminant deaths of healthy children in Italy during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons: results of an online study. J Public Health Res. 2012 . 1 . 2 . 184–191 . 10.4081/jphr.2012.e29 . 25170463. 4140362 . free.
• Parikh. Nidhi. Daughton. Ashlynn R. Rosenberger . William Earl. Aberle. Derek Jacob . Chitanvis . Maneesha Elizabeth . Improving Detection of Disease Re-emergence Using aWeb-Based Tool (RED Alert):Design and Case Analysis Study . JMIR Public Health and Surveillance . 2021. 7. 1. e24132. 10.2196/24132 . 33316766. 7819778. free.
• Philippon, Damien; Wu, Peng; Cowling, Benjamin J; Lau, Eric H Y. Avian Influenza Human Infections at the Human-Animal Interface. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa105

Notes and References

1. Book: Jeremy Brown. Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History. 2018. Atria. New York. 978-1-5011-8124-5. 112–116.
2. Lau. Eric HY. Zheng. Jiandong. Tsang. Tim K. Liao. Qiaohong. Lewis. Bryan. Brownstein. John S. Sanders. Sharon. Wong. Jessica Y. Mekaru. Sumiko R. Rivers. Caitlin. Caitlin Rivers . Wu. Peng. 2014-05-28. 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 Medicine. 12. 88. 10.1186/1741-7015-12-88. 1741-7015. 4066833. 24885692 . free .
3. Web site: Using the web to track flu and other infectious diseases. ASSET. 17 February 2016. ASSET. 13 January 2020.
4. News: Farhi. Paul. How a blogger in Florida put out an early warning about the coronavirus crisis. 14 March 2020. The Washington Post. 13 April 2020.
5. Web site: Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Shows The Importance Of Sound Science, Sleuthing, And Cooperation. Stone. Judy. 11 January 2020. Forbes. en. 14 January 2020.
6. Web site: More details emerge on new coronavirus in Wuhan cluster. Schnirring. Lisa. 9 January 2020. CIDRAP. en. 14 January 2020.