TY - JOUR T1 - Public health workers using new means to track, predict flu: Staying ahead of influenza outbreaks JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 1 LP - 14 VL - 40 IS - 8 AU - Kim Krisberg Y1 - 2010/10/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/40/8/1.1.abstract N2 - In the midst of the H1N1 flu pandemic in Mexico in May 2009, almost 1 million cell phone users received a text message asking about their flu experiences. More than 50,000 responses were received, and the surveillance method proved to be a timely, low-cost way to collect data on the fast-moving virus. ER -